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Justice Alito surprises by strengthening Batson.

By Marks & Katz, LLC

Bill of Rights (Image from the public domain.) Once a person becomes a Supreme Court justice, no concern should exist about being pleasing enough to senators and the president to get onto a higher court (and getting elevated to a higher court or retained on the existing court, when it comes to some state courts, should not be a concern with any judge on any court); this is the highest court the United States ever has had.  With that backdrop, I applaud the two newest justices -- Justice Alito and Chief Justice Roberts -- who scared me to little end when the Senate approved their nominations, and who still scare me, but who also give hope for doing some real justice from time to time. If only they would do as much justice as Justice Souter, about whom I went into a near-emotional tailspin when I first learned he had replaced my hero Justice William Brennan...continue to full post

Full post as published by Underdog on March 20, 2008 (boomark / email).