A 4-lines reverseLayerOrder function

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Scripting folklore

(works in the active comp only)

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function reverseLayerOrderInActiveComp(comp)
{
    while (comp.selectedLayers.length) comp.selectedLayers[0].selected = false;    
    for (var i = comp.numLayers; i >= 1; i--) comp.layer(i).selected = true;
    app.executeCommand(app.findMenuCommandId("Cut"));
    app.executeCommand(app.findMenuCommandId("Paste"));    
}

For example

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app.beginUndoGroup("Reverse Stack");
reverseLayerOrderInActiveComp(app.project.activeItem);
app.endUndoGroup();