Turn the clock back, please. (William Bradford Bradley nomination for associate attorney general)

From: National Review | Date: June 28, 1985 | Copyright information

THE SENATE confirmation battle over William Bradford Reynolds, Ronald Reagan's nominee for associate attorney general, will be in essence a debate over whether the 1964 Civil Rights Act is finally going to mean what we were told it meant.

The act's sponsors, including Hubert Humphrey, swore up and down that it would forbid, not authorize, such monstrosities as racial quotas and reverse discrimination. Forced busing wasn't even on the agenda; nobody would have dared prop...

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