The Nation - News from Oct. 7, 1985

The Administration has a standing list of three names of possible candidates for the next Supreme Court vacancy and some advisers and officials meet weekly to discuss choices for other federal court positions, Newsweek reported. The magazine said the candidates for the Supreme Court are federal appeals court Judges Robert Bork and Antonin Scalia, both known for their conservative judicial philosophies, and Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, (R-Utah), who has led legislative battles to allow prayer in public schools and to outlaw abortion. The magazine said the Administration also has an auxiliary list of 20 additional names for any Supreme Court vacancy.