From working around the Supreme Court in my early days in Washington, I think this paragraph is a better explanation: "In interviews, former law clerks for Sup

From working around the Supreme Court in my early days in Washington, I think this paragraph is a better explanation: "In interviews, former law clerks for Supreme Court justices, including some who argue cases before the high court today, said any errors were surely accidental, produced by talented and devoted people doing complex work under daunting circumstances." As I've been told by people who were clerks, the Justices don't research, or write really anything, especially the longer-serving Justices. Clerks make mistakes. It's not an indicator of the Justices themselves, as this article seems to be hinting at.