ought ff, a native of austria, would be perfect.the geographic considerations were beginning to wane as a supreme court criteria. justice stones were among a host of the frankfurter enthusiast, telling him to ignore the geographic and focused on merit alone. he nominated frankfurter in early 1939. one month later, justice brandeis resigned. the two harvard-trained lawyers combined to support a plethora of the progressive policies, but they have fallen out over brandeis's opposition to the court packing scheme. in a personal visit, brandeis and recommended william douglas. douglas, along with hugo black, advocated the president a selection of wiley rutledge in 1942. roosevelt had packed the court by attrition rather than through his plan to add six seats to the bench. he made one bipartisan nomination. charles evans hughes, the courts leader over the new deal, announced that he was stepping down in 1941. fdr wanted to appoint his attorney general robert jackson. as he delivered it, he spoke with the outgoing chief and the associate j