... for his achievements in foreign policy and the famous Watergate scandal that forced him to resign his office. Richard Nixon ran for president in 1960 against John F. Kennedy, but lost the election. Not giving up hope, he ran again in 1968. His campaign strategies were to unite the Republican party and ... that they were unqualified because of their civil rights views and questions of personal moral principals. So to keep things equal, Nixon chose a good Virginia attorney, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., to join in on the Supreme court. After that several other Southerners were accepted in to the S...

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