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...former Supreme Court Justice William Brennan used to tell his clerks, "Five votes can do anything around here." That was in the days when Brennan regularly stitched together a narrow liberal majority on a high bench that was delicately balanced between left and right. Those days are over. Five votes can still do anything. But now it's the court's increasingly assertive right wing that usually has them -- and sometimes more...
...appointee David Souter. Having written only a few rulings since joining the court this term, Souter remains something of an , enigma; yet he has clearly provided the right wing -- spearheaded by Rehnquist and Scalia -- with a crucial fifth vote in a number of important cases in which his predecessor Brennan would almost certainly have been on the opposing side...
...decision that brought home the importance of substituting Justice David Souter for the liberal William Brennan, the court ruled that the introduction of a coerced confession at trial may be considered a "harmless error." That undoes part of a 1967 decision in which the Justices ruled that when such confessions are introduced as evidence, any guilty verdict that follows must be reversed automatically on appeal. As a result of last week's decision, what was once taboo will henceforth be merely a technicality...
Later this year the court is expected to decide several other criminal cases. Among them: Florida v. Bostick, in which the Justices will rule on whether narcotics agents can board a bus and randomly search and question passengers. It is the kind of case that probably would have spurred Brennan's customary defense against unreasonable searches. But Brennan is retired; Souter is in his place; and the long-predicted new era on the court has plainly begun...
Three-pointers: Mueller 2, Jackson 4, Hensohn, Eastwick, Rullman, Condakes, McClain 2, Rebounds: Princeton 27 (Mueller 12); Harvard 23 (Mitchell 10). Assists: Princeton 19 (Mueller 8); Harvard 13 (Campbell 6). Steals: Princeton 5 (Brennan 2); Harvard 5 (LaPointe 2). Blocks: Princeton 0; Harvard 3 (Mitchell 3). Fouled Out: Mitchell. Total Fouls: Princeton 21; Harvard 18. Turnovers: Princeton 14; Harvard...