Miers: Harold Carswell Reincarnate?

Senator Roman Hruska, a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Creighton University, said:

Even if he [Carswell] was mediocre, there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and lawyers. They are entitled to a little representation, aren't they, and a little chance? We can't have all Brandeises and Cardozos and Frankfurters and stuff like that there.

Warren Weaver, Jr., Carswell Attacked and Defended as Senate Opens Debate on Nomination, N.Y. TIMES, March 17, 1970, at 21.