Sentence examples for appointed justice from inspiring English sources

In 1986, Mr. Reagan appointed Justice Scalia and elevated Justice William H. Rehnquist to replace Chief Justice Burger.

When former President George H.W. Bush in 1990 appointed Justice David Souter to replace Justice William Brennan, who was among the most influential liberal justices in history, Bush's chief of staff promised that Souter would be a "homerun" for conservatives.

Mr. Clinton also appointed Justice Stephen G. Breyer, in 1994.

President Bill Clinton appointed Justice Breyer to the court in 1994.

After Mr. Mandela was elected in 1994, he appointed Justice Chaskalson president of the new Constitutional Court.

In October 2000 Saakashvili was appointed justice minister and set about reforming the legal system and improving prison conditions.

Newly appointed justices who vote conservative are often portrayed as uncompassionate right-wing ideologues.

Everyone of importance showed up, in fact, except half of the six newly appointed Justices.

Realists with historical memory must admit that presidents have often appointed justices whose decisions they later lament.

The new chief justice, Godfrey Chidyausiku, chose three newly appointed justices, all known to be government adherents, for a crucial land case.

All the subsequently appointed justices — Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Roberts, and Alito — have turned out precisely as might have been expected by the Presidents who appointed them.