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The Reagan Court: Burger was then Chief Justice of a mediocre court — at best.

Brennan, Jr. 10/16/1956-07/20/1990 Eisenhower
Potter Stewart 10/14/1958-07/03/1981 Eisenhower
Byron “Whizzer” White 04/16/1962-07/28/1993 Kennedy
Thurgood Marshall 10/02/1967-10/01/1991 Johnson
Warren Earl Burger, Chief Justice 06/23/1969-09/26/1986 Nixon
Lewis F. Powell, Jr. 01/07/1972-06/26/1987 Nixon
William H. Rehnquist 01/07/1972-09/26/1986 Nixon
William H. Rehnquist - Chief Justice 09/26/1986-09/03/2005 Reagan
John Paul Stevens 12/19/1975-06/29/2010 Ford
Sandra Day O’Connor 09/25/1981-01/31/2006 Reagan
Antonin Scalia 09/26/1986-02/13/2016 Reagan
Anthony M. Kennedy 02/18/1988-07/31/2018 Reagan

[Carry_Okie]

The Reagan Court: Burger was then Chief Justice of a mediocre court — at best.

Interestingly, Scalia did not author a dissent of this ruling. He did however begin the process of undoing that holding.

[Robert DeLong]

These were the sitting judges in 1984:

Justice		Start Date-End Date		Appointed By
William J. Brennan, Jr.		10/16/1956-07/20/1990		Eisenhower
Byron “Whizzer” White		04/16/1962-07/28/1993		Kennedy
Thurgood Marshall		10/02/1967-10/01/1991		Johnson
Warren Earl Burger, Chief Justice		06/23/1969-09/26/1986		Nixon
Harry A. Blackmun		06/09/1970-08/03/1994		Nixon
Lewis F. Powell, Jr.		01/07/1972-06/26/1987		Nixon
William H. Rehnquist		01/07/1972-09/26/1986		Nixon
John Paul Stevens		12/19/1975-06/29/2010		Ford
Sandra Day O’Connor		09/25/1981-01/31/2006		Reagan