Comments on: Court upholds federal regulation of banks’ mortgage lending http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/court-upholds-federal-regulation-of-banks-mortgage-lending/ 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 By: Andy Grewal http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/court-upholds-federal-regulation-of-banks-mortgage-lending/comment-page-1/#comment-11089 Andy Grewal Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:28:45 +0000 http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/uncategorized/court-upholds-federal-regulation-of-banks-mortgage-lending/#comment-11089 With all the hoopla over clerk influence, I think it's amusing to observe that in Watters, "Justice Stevens," writing in dissent, cited his own clerk in footnote 24. (Or, at least, Google tells me the author of the Note cited in that footnote is one of Stevens' 2006-2007 clerks.) Not to say there is anything wrong with that -- quoting one's self seems like an appropriate job perk for a SCOTUS clerk. I just thought it interesting to see a Justice actually quoting his own clerk in light of all the supposed controversy over clerk influence. With all the hoopla over clerk influence, I think it’s amusing to observe that in Watters, “Justice Stevens,” writing in dissent, cited his own clerk in footnote 24. (Or, at least, Google tells me the author of the Note cited in that footnote is one of Stevens’ 2006-2007 clerks.)

Not to say there is anything wrong with that — quoting one’s self seems like an appropriate job perk for a SCOTUS clerk. I just thought it interesting to see a Justice actually quoting his own clerk in light of all the supposed controversy over clerk influence.

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