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Oral history transcript, Robert P. Griffin, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • important. MG: Let's talk about three in particular: [Sam] Ervin, [James] Eastland and [Richard] Russell. RG: All three of them, of course, voted against cloture, which was the key vote. Most of the southerners, the key southerners, did not support
  • defeated nomination; Ervin, Eastland and Russell were key votes; disregard of the separation of powers and ethics.