William K. Kelley · November 2012
80 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 1601 (2012)
When President Reagan nominated D.C. Circuit Judge Antonin Scalia to the Supreme Court in 1986, commentators noted that his gregarious and charming personality was an important strength of the nomination, because the new Justice could be expected to charm his way to influence on the Court. The theory was that he would be able to persuade judges to his point of view by force of personality, much like the liberal lion Justice William Brennan had reportedly been able to do for a generation.
