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...clear that Clinton had reduced the field to Arnold, Babbitt and Breyer. Each had drawbacks. For Arnold, it was his health. He is under treatment for lymphoma, a form of cancer. He had also raised the suspicions of some women's groups with two of his opinions on the bench, one that upheld a parental-consent statute regarding teen abortions and another that permitted the Jaycees to exclude women. With Whitewater still an unresolved issue, there were also rumblings in the Senate about the propriety of the President bringing to Washington another of his friends from Arkansas. For good measure...
...account for the different impressions made by Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Clarence Thomas, the court's newest arrivals. The extroversion of Ginsburg, an enthusiastic dancer at parties, has been heartily reflected in her courtroom demeanor -- sometimes to the annoyance of her colleagues. On her first day on the bench last October, she asked a lot of questions, 17 in the first hour alone. Her erudition has impressed legal observers, but her aggressiveness has annoyed litigants and even garnered impatient stares from fellow Justices...
Thomas is convivial enough. According to unsuccessful 1987 court nominee Robert Bork, "He has a great sense of humor and a wonderful laugh that shakes the room." Yet Thomas has uttered not one inquiry from the bench this term, preferring to rock silently back and forth in his chair. While some critics see that as diffidence, others note that silence has always been proper behavior during oral arguments. Among those who practiced magisterial quietude: Thurgood Marshall and William Brennan...
...really tough when you're only playing every other game, when you have to sit on the bench once every weekend," Israel said. "It's going to help me a lot if I get to play in twice as many games...
...Harvard bench, unsurprisingly enough, was euphoric...