Word: stevenses
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At lunch in the U.S. Supreme Court dining room recently, two of the Justices were chatting about the court's reconsideration of the death penalty, the third time in the past four years that the subject has been before the high bench for full review. "I don't...
The arithmetic underlying that gallows humor, reports TIME Supreme Court Correspondent David Beckwith, should be chilling to those who last week presented oral arguments asking the court to eliminate capital punishment finally and completely. For the remark assumed that Chief Justice Warren Burger and Justices Harry Blackmun, William Rehnquist and...
In other action yesterday, Dianne Fromholtz, opening-round ouster of top-seeded Chris Evert, continued in her role as the Cinderella entry of the tournament when she outslugged Greer Stevens in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3.
The left-handed Aussie maintained a tenacious attack that swept her past Evert on Tuesday by keeping Stevens at bay on the baseline all evening long.
The Powell view, which seems to be supported by Justices Burger, Rehnquist and Blackmun, apparently needs only one more backer, and Stewart, Stevens and White seem to be strong possibilities. If any or all of them join Powell, two results seem nearly certain. First, the extensive use of habeas corpus...