Thursday, May 15, 2003
JUSTICES, GOOD AND BAD
Here's a review of two books relating to the Supreme Court, one a new biography of William O. Douglas and the other Sandra Day O'Connor's new book. The Douglas biography reveals what a character he was -- and how "injudicial" his character was: He was an outright liar about important details of his own life, and his role on the Court was that of an open ideologue with little respect for stare decisis. O'Connor, on the other hand, has been a steady, hardworking judge. This piece reminds us that she is now 73 and has been on the Court for 21 years. Ouch! It seems like just yesterday that she was appointed.
GB, THHotA
posted by Greg 9:08 PM
