Changes in Court composition directly reverse landmark constitutional rulings

Evidence

After 1986, however, the Court’s composition changed, and so did its rulings (see Table 10.2). From 1986 to 1992, four members of the Roe majority retired, and Presidents Reagan and Bush replaced them with justices unsympathetic to Roe. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 3143

Categorization

• XREF: Links to the appointment/confirmation chapter’s material on how presidential selection shapes judicial policy. — connects to: Judicial signals and personnel changes invite new litigation and reversal — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 901