Word: frankfurterism
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This makes him a perfect representative of a highly technocratic and specialized court. The Roberts Court exemplifies a striking change in the anthropology of the high tribunal. For much of the institution's history, Justices arrived from diverse backgrounds. Some were distinguished lawyers in private practice, such as Louis Brandeis...
As a clerk for Rehnquist in 1980, Roberts was assigned to conduct research for an article on the power of a Chief Justice to set the court's tone. He found an essay in which Frankfurter scoffed at the very notion. Every Justice "is his own sovereign," Frankfurter wrote; you...
The writer is Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and author of “The Case for Israel.”
The decision to open the sensitive site to filming follows a general improvement in German press coverage of Cruise and his film. The mass circulation Bild regularly runs flattering photographs of Katie Holmes, Cruise's wife, and their little girl, Suri, strolling around in Berlin's zoo and visiting Berlin...
The publication of the essay prompted an unusually vitriolic debate in academic circles worldwide. The professors drew criticism from high-profile scholars including Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz and MIT linguist Noam Chomsky, while earning praise from others, like New York University historian Tony Judt.