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[[User:ChadUser|ChadUser]] ([[User talk:ChadUser|talk]]) 11:04, 24 April 2021 (EDT)
[[User:ChadUser|ChadUser]] ([[User talk:ChadUser|talk]]) 11:04, 24 April 2021 (EDT)
:Will upload it on Monday[[User:BHathorn|BHathorn]] ([[User talk:BHathorn|talk]]) 15:27, 24 April 2021 (EDT)
:Will upload it on Monday[[User:BHathorn|BHathorn]] ([[User talk:BHathorn|talk]]) 15:27, 24 April 2021 (EDT)
== Question about John Tower ==
Hi BHathorn, I'm just wondering, what do you know about John Tower's opposition to the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]]? Was he like Goldwater who opposed it on libertarian grounds, or was he opposed to [[civil rights]] in general like the Southern [[segregation]]ists were? [https://www.southwestern.edu/live/news/12582-john-towers-long-hot-summer-of-1967 This article] seems to provide some details, though not much info on his positions for the landmark 1964 bill. There's also [https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/jslh21&div=12 this], which I can't read without having an account for the site to log in to. What's interesting is that Tower [https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/s302 opposed invoking cloture on the filibuster] though also opposed some attempts to weaken the legislation, including the [https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/s408 Gore amendment], which [https://nationalcenter.org/project21/1999/05/01/blacks-gored-by-a-lie-al-gore-sr-the-gop-and-the-civil-rights-act-of-1964-by-r-d-davis/ "sought to take the teeth out of the Act"]. —[[User:Liberaltears|<code><span style="color:black; background:#FFABAB">'''LT'''</span></code>]]'''''[[User:Liberaltears/mail|<sup>May D.C., his mother, and I.S. be all well!</sup>]]''''' Monday, 20:45, 25 April 2021 (EDT)