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Only indirectly. You know, he was not well. I met him at a reception for Hastie. I asked him about his health. He said then that he and [Justice William] Brennan had made a pact that they were going to stay alive, and stay on that court. I notice that Brennan practically said the same thing a week or so ago.

Yes, and hasn't Brennan been coming out, in the last several months, one time quite recently, with some criticisms of the Court.

They are both quite sensitive to the fact that they almost of the last of the liberals. But there's [Justice Harry] Blackmun, whom I've been watching very carefully. Was Blackmun appointed by Nixon?

Yes.

I thought so. He's holding his own on basic civil liberties and civil rights issues.

Perhaps another demonstration how his Supreme Court Justice is going to vote with.

I must tell you that Mr. Reagan goes to great lengths to know. His only appointee has been Sandra Day O'Connor.

Yes that's correct.

Who is voting more often with Rehnquist than Burger is voting