a thin record of work with constitutional cases. It's not a blank slate, but it's very, very thin. |
For many years I have thought the law students here to be exceptionally energetic and talented. |
He strikes me as a very arrogant person. He thinks he can say anything. |
It's not just an on-off question about whether there's a constitutional right to abortion. If there is such a constitutional right, to what extent is it actually protected? And how far can a state go in regulating it? |
opened my thoughts to the possibility that they are not wedded ... to ruling in favor of Bush. |
They hit the jackpot when she decided to retire. When Rehnquist died, it was a wash. |
This powerful pull of being loyal might force her to protect him. |
Those are things that are fueling this talk of pure politics, ... They've certainly sown the seeds of broad-based challenges to elections.... It could provoke legislatures to have uniform standards, and that could be a good thing. |
Whatever she is trying to say there, she didn't say it well, ... is worrisome because it might be a basic misunderstanding about the Voting Rights Act. |
would generally defer to judgments made elsewhere. |
You have a direct role in that. Governing is not just the government making policy. |