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The fight against James Baker was not Phillips' first clash with Reagan. The year before in 1981, he and his friend, the Reverend [[Jerry Falwell]] of Lynchburg, Virginia, opposed the fateful nomination of Moderate Republican [[Sandra Day O'Connor]] of [[Arizona]] to the [[United States Supreme Court]] in order to fulfill Reagan's campaign promise that he would appoint the first woman to the high court.  According to Phillips, "People say you can't tell how a Supreme Court nominee will turn out once on the bench. I respectfully disagree. In most cases, it's very clear. I opposed the nomination of Sandra Day O'Connor because it was very clear that she had a pro-[[abortion]] record in the Arizona State Senate and as a state court judge. She was also allied with [[Planned Parenthood]]."<ref name=dflynn>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103215640/http://www.flynnfiles.com/blog/phillips/phillips1.htm|title=Interview with Howard Phillips|author=Daniel J. Flynn|publisher=Flynnfiles.com|date=January 3, 2012|accessdate=April 22, 2013}}</ref>

The fight against James Baker was not Phillips' first clash with Reagan. The year before in 1981, he and his friend, the Reverend [[Jerry Falwell]] of Lynchburg, Virginia, opposed the fateful nomination of Moderate Republican [[Sandra Day O'Connor]] of [[Arizona]] to the [[United States Supreme Court]] in order to fulfill Reagan's campaign promise that he would appoint the first woman to the high court.  According to Phillips, "People say you can't tell how a Supreme Court nominee will turn out once on the bench. I respectfully disagree. In most cases, it's very clear. I opposed the nomination of Sandra Day O'Connor because it was very clear that she had a pro-[[abortion]] record in the Arizona State Senate and as a state court judge. She was also allied with [[Planned Parenthood]]."<ref name=dflynn>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103215640/http://www.flynnfiles.com/blog/phillips/phillips1.htm|title=Interview with Howard Phillips|author=Daniel J. Flynn|publisher=Flynnfiles.com|date=January 3, 2012|accessdate=April 22, 2013}}</ref>

In 1990, Phillips opposed the first President Bush's nomination of [[David Souter]] of [[New Hampshire]] to the high court.<ref name="lion"/> Phillips said that he opposed Souter because "I read his senior thesis at Harvard in which he said he was a egal positivist and one of his heroes was [[Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.]], and that he rejected all higher law theories, such as those spelled out in our [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]]. In addition, he was a trustee of two hospitals: Dartmouth Hitchcock and Concord Memorial. He successfully changed the policy of those two hospitals from zero abortion to convenience abortion."<ref name=dflynn/>​

In 1990, Phillips opposed the first President Bush's nomination of [[David Souter]] of [[New Hampshire]] to the high court.<ref name="lion"/> Phillips said that he opposed Souter because "I read his senior thesis at Harvard in which he said he was a egal positivist and one of his heroes was [[Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.]], and that he rejected all higher law theories, such as those spelled out in our [[Declaration of Independence]]. In addition, he was a trustee of two hospitals: Dartmouth Hitchcock and Concord Memorial. He successfully changed the policy of those two hospitals from zero abortion to convenience abortion."<ref name=dflynn/>​

Phillips strongly opposed the since modified [[North American Free Trade Agreement]] (NAFTA) and the [[World Trade Organization]. He supported a national version of [[California]]'s Proposition 187 in 1994, which sought to end mandated subsidies for [[illegal aliens]]. He fought public funding of abortion and opposed the [homosexual]] agnda. Phillips was the host of ''Conservative Roundtable,'' a weekly public affairs [[television]] program.​ More so than not, his positions did not come to political fruition.

Phillips strongly opposed the since modified [[North American Free Trade Agreement]] (NAFTA) and the [[World Trade Organization]. He supported a national version of [[California]]'s Proposition 187 in 1994, which sought to end mandated subsidies for [[illegal aliens]]. He fought public funding of abortion and opposed the [homosexual]] agnda. Phillips was the host of ''Conservative Roundtable,'' a weekly public affairs [[television]] program.​ More so than not, his positions did not come to political fruition.