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Dec 10 2012

Affirmative Action: Déjà vu at the High Court

In the 2003 Supreme Court decision in Grutter v.

Filed in Blog Topics: Justice and Society, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Peter Edelman, Stuart Taylor, Affirmative Action

Jul 05 2011

Does the Supreme Court Follow the People?

By Meryl Chertoff

During a program at the Aspen Institute's Ideas Festival, Justice Stephen Breyer and retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor both rejected the hoary notion that the "Supreme Court follows the election returns." In a panel discussion with Dean Larry Kramer of Stanford Law School, moderated by Jeff Rosen of the New Republic, the two former High Court colleagues—one appointed by a Republican and

Filed in Blog Topics: supreme court, Justice Stephen Breyer, Justice and Society, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor

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