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Also: > "Instead, to the joy or relief, as the case may be, of the two members of the majority, this court's willingness to abandon its constitutional responsi
by lionhearted 17y ago
Also:
> "Instead, to the joy or relief, as the case may be, of the two members of the majority, this court's willingness to abandon its constitutional responsibilities will be praised as patriotic," Reinhardt wrote, "and may even burnish the court's reputation among those who believe that it adheres too strictly to the dictates of the Constitution or that it values excessively the mandate of the Bill of Rights."
I had to re-read that once to get it, but wow - zing. What a fantastic way of putting it. "may even burnish the court's reputation among those who believe that it adheres too strictly to the dictates of the Constitution or that it values excessively the mandate of the Bill of Rights" - what a subtle, wonderful criticism.