Wednesday, February 12, 2020

“One must always keep in mind, when talking about judges, that they are a class dominated by the grimiest political hacks ..."

By An Old Friend

https://www.johnderbyshire.com/Opinions/USPolitics/onelegatatime.html

As I have explained many times to foreign friends, since it was explained to me by a learned man when I first came to this country, the justices of SCOTUS are not very exceptional persons. They are not even very exceptional lawyers.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Government period is comprised of persons for the most part adequate at best.
SCOTUS included. Those justices probably several notches above the rest however. Clarence Thomas included.