Under the statute, the judges on the Special Division would be selected by Chief Justice Rehnquist, who had been an extremely conservative Republican activist before he came to the Supreme Court.

• 根据这部法令，“特别庭”的法官将由首席大法官伦奎斯特挑选，而伦奎斯特在任职最高法院之前就已经是一名极端保守的共和党激进分子。