Would the Senate have turned Dallin H. Oaks down – and what consequence for 1976 and after?

[mianfei]

In 1975, with the retirement of William O. Douglas, President Gerald Ford considered nominating Brigham Young University President Dallin H. Oaks as his replacement. However, Ford:

crossed Oaks’s name off the list early on, noting in the margin that a member of the LDS Church might bring a “confirmation fight”

What would have happened if Ford had nominated Oaks?

Would the Senate, which had a Democratic majority of 60, have turned Oaks down as Ford thought?

Would a failure have made Ford do worse in 1976 than he did?

[freepcrusher]

there's nothing about him and his writings that sound controversial. He probably goes in 97-0

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there's nothing about him and his writings that sound controversial. He probably goes in 97-0

He wasn't a judge yet. Most recent appointees are a federal court of appeals judge, although Kagan wasn't.

[mianfei]

there's nothing about him and his writings that sound controversial. He probably goes in 97—0

I read that Dallin H. Oaks in his earlier days was a clerk for Earl Warren. That suggests he would have been less conservative than most would expect an LDS Church apostle to have been, but one still can imagine that if LDS Church teachings could be relevant in a case they would affect someone who was to rise so high therein.