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...bench. A judicial conservative, believing in restraint, might not like the abortion decision, but he would regard it as binding precedent. A political conservative worries more about results than the judicial process and might not hesitate to disregard the findings of his predecessors. On Reagan's list of appointees, both types of conservatives can be found (see following story). If Reagan picks ideologues, says N.Y.U.'s Reiss, "God knows what could happen. They could overrule anything they didn't like. They could rewrite constitutional law and history...
Another Reagan appointee to the D.C. Circuit, Antonin Scalia, 48, would also be on the President's short list of prospective Supreme Court Justices. Like Bork, he is an articulate apostle of judicial restraint. For example, when the appeals court last year ordered the Food and Drug Administration to examine evidence that drugs used to execute prisoners by "lethal injection" can cause torturous death, Scalia dissented, calling the decision "a clear intrusion upon the powers that belong to Congress, the Executive Branch and to the states." A Roman Catholic, Scalia is personally opposed to abortion. Both Scalia, who taught...
...other California friends are likely candidates for the short list: outgoing Attorney General William French Smith and the man nominated by Reagan to succeed him, White House Counsellor Edwin Meese. Smith, 67, practiced labor law for a large Los Angeles firm (he represented management) and has no experience on the bench. Meese, 53, a former professor at San Diego Law School, is best known in legal circles for his law-and-order views. He once called the American Civil Liberties Union "a criminals' lobby." A special prosecutor last month cleared Meese of any criminal wrongdoing in connection with giving...
...person would appear on either Reagan's or Mondale's list: Amalya Kearse, 47, a federal appeals judge who is both black and female ("a two-fer," says a Reaganaut). Kearse would surely be in contention if Thurgood Marshall, the only black Justice, stepped down. But Kearse has one drawback that could discourage political patrons: she is neither predictably liberal nor predictably conservative...
Penthouse, with 20.4 million average monthly circulation, "outsells Playboy two-to-one in newsstand sales," Maure said proudly. However, Playboy still circulates more because of its heavier subscription list. "That's because they discount their newsstand price for subscriptions. We don't," Maure explained...