http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/commentary-a-changed-court/ The Supreme Court of the United States blog Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:56:34 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/commentary-a-changed-court/comment-page-1/#comment-11465 Rick Garnett Sat, 30 Jun 2007 19:58:29 +0000 http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/uncategorized/commentary-a-changed-court/#comment-11465 With respect to the matter of the breadth of the Justices' experiences, and the suggestion that the Court today lacks Justices with the legislative and other experience of, say, Justices Black, O'Connor, and Marshall: It strikes me as strange, even bizarre, that so many commentators and journalists are emphasizing, and according great significance to, Justice Stevens' separate dissent in the school-assignment cases, while (for the most part) ignoring or dismissing the substantial concurring opinion of the one sitting Justice who actually experienced poverty and segregated schools, i.e., Justice Thomas. With respect to the matter of the breadth of the Justices’ experiences, and the suggestion that the Court today lacks Justices with the legislative and other experience of, say, Justices Black, O’Connor, and Marshall: It strikes me as strange, even bizarre, that so many commentators and journalists are emphasizing, and according great significance to, Justice Stevens’ separate dissent in the school-assignment cases, while (for the most part) ignoring or dismissing the substantial concurring opinion of the one sitting Justice who actually experienced poverty and segregated schools, i.e., Justice Thomas.

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