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347. Intellectual dishonesty watch

By Joel Jacobsen

A few weeks ago I suggested, at tedious length, that the patron saint of all that is twinkly, Irish and liberal about the American judiciary appeared in public badly underdressed at certain points during his long career.  (See post 337, post 338, post 339 and post 340.)  So, to even the score, it's time to turn attention to that lowering vulture of American judicial conservativism, the late Chief Justice.  But this time, as Louise Lasser said, with great pith.In 1992, anti-abortion activists made a big swing at Roe v. Wade but - to the tremendous subsequent benefit of the religious right, which came within an eyelash of losing its defining issue - missed, thanks to the apostasy of Justices O'Connor, Kennedy and Souter, who voted just like all those suburban Republicans who are ideologically committed to banning abortion so long as there is no realistic possibility of it actually being banned...continue to full post

Full post as published by Judging Crimes on March 09, 2008 (boomark / email).