Reagan’s Court

REAGAN’S COURT

Ronald Reagan’s re-election means more, arguably, to conservative lawyers and jurists here in Washington—the community that houses the world’s largest per-capita collection of barristers—than to anyone else. They realize how Mr. Reagan can stretch his influence to the year 2010 and beyond: to wit, by repopulating the Supreme Court (providing, of course, he is re-elected). By the time the next presidential term expires, five of the current Supreme Court Justices would be eighty years of age or older. Not surprisingly, lists of eligible nominees are making the rounds.

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REAGAN’S COURT

Ronald Reagan’s re-election means more, arguably, to conservative lawyers and jurists here in Washington—the community that houses the world’s largest per-capita collection of barristers—than to anyone else. They realize how Mr. Reagan can stretch his influence to the year 2010 and beyond: to wit, by repopulating the Supreme Court (providing, of course, he is re-elected). By the time the next presidential term expires, five of the current Supreme Court Justices would be eighty years of age or older. Not surprisingly, lists of eligible nominees are making the rounds.