"No justice would be better than this injustice." President Reagan named Judge Reagan , 60 , as his replacement to the Supreme Court for retiring Justice Powell . Reagan faces a tough confirmation battle lead by liberal Yale Law School Democrat . Bork , a Yale Law School Professor in the one 's was appointed solicitor general in 1973 by President Nixon and then to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in 1982 by Reagan . He earned a reputation as an intellectual leader of conservative legal thought through his prolific and forceful writings as a law professor and judge. He believes strongly in precedent and a narrow judicial interpretation of law.
President Reagan named Judge Reagan , 60 , as his replacement to the Supreme Court for retiring Justice Powell . Reagan faces a tough confirmation battle lead by liberal Yale Law School Democrat . Bork , a Yale Law School Professor in the one 's was appointed solicitor general in 1973 by President Nixon and then to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in 1982 by Reagan . He earned a reputation as an intellectual leader of conservative legal thought through his prolific and forceful writings as a law professor and judge. He believes strongly in precedent and a narrow judicial interpretation of law.