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Ronald Reagan made two nominations to replace the seat vacated by Justice Powell before Justice Kennedy was eventually confirmed. Nominee Robert Bork was rejected by the Senate following a contentious nomination period. Senate Democrats led the charge to reject Bork, claiming that he was too ideological for a seat on the Supreme Court, which has traditionally been a non©partisan institution.

Nominee Douglas Ginsburg withdrew his nomination following revelations that he had smoked marijuana as a graduate student at Harvard. This revelation proved to be a political embarassment to President Reagan, as Nancy Reagan was in the midst of her "Just Say No" campaign.