FILE - In this Feb. 4, 1939, file photo, Felix Frankfurter, the new associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, poses in his judicial robe for his portrait in Washington. Supreme Court nominations became politically contentious about 222 years ago when the Senate voted down George Washington’s choice for chief justice. Even some who have made it to the court endured difficult confirmations. Frankfurter’s loyalty to the United States was questioned because of his birth in Austria, his Judaism and his affiliation with the American Civil Liberties Union. (AP Photo)
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