Word: brennan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...victim of Reynolds' diatribe was none other than eminent Supreme Court liberal, Associate Justice William Brennan. Brennan's opinions, Reynolds declared, demonstrate that the Justice seeks a "radical egalitarian" society...
...good justice, according to Reynolds' standards, must allow his opinions to reflect today's political trends. Because Brennan is so often at odds with Administration positions, he is undermining the people's elected government...
After the address, Associate Justice Harry A. Blackmun '29, a 1932 Law School graduate attending the anniversary, joined Brennan for a less formal discussion with about 200 law students...
...formal, 50-minute lecture, Brennan went beyond the question of capital punishment, discussing competing views of the high court's role...
...ruling on capital punishment, Brennan said, the court sometimes goes too far in trying to discern the intentions of the Constitution's 18th-century framers. He said the court should more actively interpret the law to bring about effects that benefit society...