Word: voting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...often announces that he is ''inclined'' to vote a certain way; sometimes he reserves judgment; occasionally he changes his vote. In one case, Burger voted five times at different stages of discussion: twice for, twice against and one "pass." On Burger's tombstone, a Justice once joked, should be carved the inscription, "I think I'll pass for the moment...
Over the years, Burger's tendency to flip-flop has given rise to conspiracy theories about his motives, notes TIME Correspondent Douglas Brew. When 'the Chief votes with the majority, he has the right to decide who should write the opinion of the court and provide the reasoning behind the decision. If he is in the minority, the most senior member of the majority assigns the task. According to former Supreme Court law clerks, Burger has, at times, held back or switched his vote to keep control of the opinion assignment, a practice the clerks call "phony voting...
Stewart, 64, a liberal Republican, comes as close as any in the group to being an artful politician, but has not emerged as a leader. Stevens, 59, the newest Justice, is a probing questioner and an unpredictable vote; he is frequently called the court's ''wild card.'' He believes his role to be purely intellectual, not political...
...judicial philosophy is not easily discerned. He does not have a broad vision of the court as an instrument for social reform. Nor is he particularly concerned with "judicial restraint" or the limits of the court's power. Rather, observes Georgetown University Law Professor Dennis J. Hutchinson, "Burger votes the way he thinks a right-thinking person would vote. He applies middle-class values and his own common sense." The Chiefs opinion in Wisconsin vs. Yoder, which ruled that the state could not force Amish parents to send their children to school, is an example. It had "less...
...with the vibrant tone that communicates his irrepressible enthusiasm for the subject. For his part, Weinberg will be offering a course in "Elementary Particle Physics." One of his colleagues says, "when Steven announced that if the Core resolution passed he would teach a course, I decided that I would vote...