Word: souter
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...want to know if he would be willing to throw it out or whether that would be too radical a reaction for his taste. Conservatives hope Roberts will line up with Chief Justice William Rehnquist, Scalia and Thomas in favor of overturning Roe, which would match the quartet--David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Stephen Breyer and John Paul Stevens--that wants to maintain it, leaving Anthony Kennedy as the swing vote. While Roe might survive, such a lineup would probably ensure that the 2003 congressional ban on partial-birth abortion is upheld...
Such scrutiny, however, does not rule out a surprise, either a scandal in the past --or a path in the future unknown for now even to Roberts. Some Justices, like conservatives Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, have consistently played to type; some, like John Paul Stevens and David Souter, ignored the beliefs of the Republican Presidents who picked them. And some, like O'Connor, have evolved over their tenure and been powerful precisely because they could be unpredictable. There is no way to be certain what effect the court will have on each new member. Appointed for life, they answer...
...confirmed, Roberts would tint the already Harvard-packed Court a still-deeper shade of Crimson, becoming the seventh member of the Court to have attended Harvard. David H. Souter ’61 graduated from the College, while Justices Souter, Stephen G. Breyer, Antonin Scalia, and Anthony M. Kennedy hold HLS degrees. Ruth Bader Ginsburg attended HLS for two years, and Justice Rehnquist holds an M.A. in government from the University...
Roberts would become the seventh member of the Court to attend Harvard. David H. Souter ’61 graduated from the College, while Souter, Stephen G. Breyer, Antonin Scalia, and Anthony M. Kennedy hold HLS degrees. Ruth Bader Ginsburg attended HLS for two years, while Chief Justice Rehnquist holds an M.A. from Harvard in Government...
Bush's eventual choice of a successor-- his first appointment to the high court--is sure to be one of the most closely watched decisions of his presidency, especially by conservatives and Christian groups determined to make sure he does not offer up another Republican nominee--like David Souter, Anthony Kennedy or for that matter O'Connor--whose votes are not consistently conservative. They want to hold Bush to his campaign promise to appoint a new Justice in the mold of Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, the anchors of the court's right wing. In his choices for the lower...