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...that Rehnquist will succeed Warren Burger, 78, who will step down after 17 years as the highest jurist in the land when the court's term ends next month. On the first Monday in October, when the nine Justices emerge from behind the red curtain to take the high bench, William Hubbs Rehnquist will become the 16th Chief Justice of the United States...
...contest to fill Rehnquist's seat quickly narrowed to Scalia and a fellow judge on the appeals court in Washington, Robert Bork. A respected former Yale Law School professor, Bork had been lured from a lucrative law- firm job in Washington to the federal bench with strong hints from the Administration that he would be first in line for the next available spot on the court. But Bork carries some political baggage: as acting Attorney General ! in 1973, he obeyed Nixon's order to fire Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox; Elliot Richardson had resigned as Attorney General rather than fire...
...both will undergo sharp and searching questioning by liberal Senators. Their nominations raise basic questions about the role of Congress in choosing Supreme Court Justices. Is the Senate's job merely to say whether a President's choice has the intellectual qualifications and experience to sit on the federal bench? If so, Scalia and Rehnquist are above reproach. Both men, declared Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole last week, have "the experience, the background, the integrity, the intelligence and the right stuff...
Kelly, one of the masterminds behind the cagers' "Ivy League Shuffle" rap video and an instant spark off the bench, helped Harvard to a share of its first-ever Ivy League basketball title this past season...
...whom he once thought of as his nemesis. Koch today says Cuomo has "been a superb Governor," utilizing his talent for "communication, conciliation and consensus in an unusually successful way." At the time, Pollster Patrick Caddell likened Cuomo to Sandy Koufax when he was riding the Dodger bench. Everyone knew Koufax had enormous potential. Then one day Koufax found his control and went from being an enigma to one of the most overwhelming pitchers ever. Cuomo, said Caddell, almost overnight became "one of the most awesome candidates I've ever dealt with...