Wednesday, July 17, 2019

John Paul Stevens Obituary


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https://www.nysun.com/editorials/john-paul-stevens/90769/


The death of Justice John Paul Stevens offers a moment to reflect on one of our favorite facts about the sages who sit on our highest tribunal. It has to do with the limits on the ability of our presidents and senators to foresee how judges are going to rule once they gain a lifetime mandate at the apex of our judiciary. For the most liberal justice of our recent era turns out to have been a Republican.

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Anonymous said...

"You just can't trust a (Republican)Supreme Court judge,"is the lesson here.Roberts reinforced that bromide.The Dem justices never seem to get more conservative though--do they?
--GRA