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...with the additions of David H. Souter '61 and Clarence Thomas, the Court is even more conservative than in 1989. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's middle-of-the-road tie-breaking position prevented an overturn in 1989, when four justices were prepared for reversal and four were opposed. Now two of four supporters of Roe are gone...
...precedents to help predict what the Supreme Court will decide. The Justices ruled 5 to 3 last year, for example, that municipalities can be compelled to correct vestiges of prior discrimination. The question is whether college systems have a similar duty, since students attend them voluntarily. Justice David Souter was asked in his confirmation hearings about racial discrimination, and replied that there was a duty not only to stop it but also to offer redress. Clarence Thomas, according to individuals familiar with his thinking, is said to be "pro-black colleges," but in public pronouncements he has leaned toward...
What a difference a year makes. In the peace and quiet of his Supreme Court chambers, unassuming Justice David Souter is emerging as a candid, erudite and surprisingly forceful leader. Expect eventual consideration as Chief Justice...
...think this is more specifically a reaction to the Bork nomination...now the "blank slate" nominees, and I guess Souter is the best example, get precedence because people can't find things to not confirm them...
...like Souter, who...had respectably been a lawyer. Thomas has hardly been a lawyer at all, and that's the reason he should be rejected...Nobody should have voted for him. He's simply not conceivably equipped to be a Supreme Court justice...