Word: connorism
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With the retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor, the Supreme Court loses its most prominent swing vote. A look at the remaining Justices...
...David H. Souter: Nominated by George Bush in 1990, Souter replaced William Brennan. In the decade since he joined the bench, Souter has emerged as the Court's most influential moderate, often working with Sandra Day O'Connor to establish a centrist opinion. Souter has a strong respect for precedent and tends to be cautious in his opinions. A quirky traditionalist, Souter has very few possessions and calls himself a Luddite. When asked in 1996 whether cameras would be allowed in the SCOTUS courtroom, he famously replied, "When they roll them over my dead body...
...slip his resignation to President Bush later today or any other day-if he hasn't already. But he wasn't nearly as pivotal today as some might have expected. Rather, in a pair of decisions about public displays of the Ten Commandments, it was Justice Sandra Day O'Connor who proved once again that it is her departure that will provoke an intellectual and cultural war of the worlds in Washington-she is considered the next most likely to go, after Rehnquist. One decision centered on large displays of the Ten Commandments in two county courthouses in Kentucky, which...
...from Cecil B. DeMille, director of the movie "The Ten Commandments." Standing in a park on the grounds of the Texas state capitol, the work is accompanied by 17 other statues and sculptures-a primary reason why it is acceptable, the court said. In that 5-4 decision, O'Connor sided with the minority that would have disallowed the Texas monolith...
...decisions show that the presence of religion in public life is an issue the court hasn't completely resolved and will likely continue to wrestle with. O'Connor's opinions place her on the wrong side of the discussion as far as religious conservatives are concerned, and they've also been vehemently critical of her votes in the court's abortion decisions, which have protected the core of Roe v. Wade...