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. ‘ s oWs pat rote Wo. Tt f . HO 106 ) ‘ . « OFF GEM. RIG. HO. BF Tolson UNITED STATES ok ERNMENT 7 yor Memorandum eee Tr Felt Gale . : . Resen TO " Mr, cal DATE: 1/20/67 Sullivan L Tele: Room FROM : W. V. Clevelan Cc Holmes ——_ Gandy H.R. 146 sugjyect: A BILL TO ESTABLISH QUALIFICATIONS FOR oo. APPOINTMENT TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE 105 f \ UNITED STATES AND TO OTHER FEDERAL: JUDGESHIPS L 2 bhIe- H.R, 146 (copy attached) was introduced in the House of Representatives on 1-10-67 by Thomas G, Abernethy (Dem.) from Mississippi and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. If enacted into a law, this bill woul rovide that no individual would be appointed as a member of thé’ Supreme Court of the United States unless he had had at least five years service as a U. 8S. Judge or judgé of the highest court of a State. The bill further provides that no person would be appointed U. S, Judge if at any time within the five-year period preceding his appointment he held any of the following offices: a 1. Vice President of the United Stategs z 2. Senator or Representative in Congress; 2 2 3. Head of the executive departments of thetFederal Government (including the military departments); ‘ Deputy Secretary, Under Secretary, or Assistant 4 Secretary of any such department; gr Deputy Postmaster General, Assistant to the attdiney General, or Solicitor General of the United States; 4. Director of the Bureau of the Budget, Comptroller General of the United States, Administrator of aE, General Services, Federal Mediation and Conciliation ACG Director, or Director of Foreign Operations ENCLOSURE ®! ax”, Adminis trati ion; \' 9. Member of the Atomic Energy Commission, Civil o> Aeronautics Board, United States Civil Service 10~ " Commission, Federal Communtcations Commission, ENC Federal Power Commission, Federal rade Commission, Du \ Ene. fe &d- DICE A = 23d 1 - Mr. NeLoach ~ 6 VSO cen i 1 - Mr. Wick py, 4 JAN 25 10684 1 - Mr. Casper Ss -~ Administrative Review Unit one ee - Mr. Gale ; ~ Mir. Cleveland © 1 ] 61 IN . . ‘ CONTINUED - OVER