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Last month, the Massachusetts Governor's Council confirmed Law School professor Charles Fried as a justice on the state's Supreme Judicial Court (SJC). No one can controvert Fried's qualifications as a scholar, but he does leave much to be desired in other areas. He has no experience as...
Fried's lack of experience makes him a peculiar choice. He might have been a role model for Weld during the governor's days as a law student, but that doesn't mean he should be the last word on state-level cases. It's not as though Massachusetts has...
But Weld undoubtedly wanted Fried in place for those landmark political decisions that inevitably move on to the U.S. Supreme Court. Fried's writings have been characterized as inimical to labor and women, with a revisionist view of Roe v. Wade and disparagement for unions.
We support Fried's avid defense of free speech, but his libertarianism extends to a degree favored most by arch-conservatives. Fried's support of capital punishment also makes us queasy. Weld called Fried "ballast to the right" and "a Scalia on the court." If there's anything we don...
The produce section continues to divulge its secrets. "Ladies! Americans are getting away from having one kind of lettuce in their salads," Raftery declaims, pointing out the arugula and radicchio. "But I have to confess that if I give these fancy kinds to my kids, they say, 'Maaaa ...'" She segues...