(Byrd 1044).
President Nixon (Republican) appointed Chief Justice William Rehnquist to the Supreme Court, and President Reagan (Republican) appointed Rehnquist as Chief Justice by Reagan. President Ford (Republican) appointed Justice John Paul Stevens to the Court. President Reagan (Republican) appointed Justices Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia, and Anthony Kennedy to the Court. President George Bush (Republican and the present president's father) appointed Justices David Souter and Clarence Thomas to the Court. President Clinton (Democrat) appointed Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer to the Court (Irons 314).
Ideologically, however, the Court does not reflect the seven-to-two Republican-to-Democrat division of the Supreme Court. Justices Stevens and Ginsberg most consistently vote for liberal positions on issues brought before the Court, while Justices Scalia and Thomas most consistently vote for conservative position on issues before the C
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