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1992

University of Richmond Law Review

Clarence Thomas

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A Social-Conservative Comment On The New Supreme Court, Gary L. Bauer Jan 1992

A Social-Conservative Comment On The New Supreme Court, Gary L. Bauer

University of Richmond Law Review

I recall seeing a column, not long ago, which referred to the Supreme Court as increasingly "a right-wing playground." Liberal groups may be able to raise funds off this impression, but if conservatives rely on it, they are in for a rude awakening when the gavel falls.


Saving The Honorable Court: Assessing The Proper Role Of The Modern Supreme Court, Michael Allan Wolf Jan 1992

Saving The Honorable Court: Assessing The Proper Role Of The Modern Supreme Court, Michael Allan Wolf

University of Richmond Law Review

There are few greater delights in legal scholarship than the opportunity to have the last word in a symposium featuring distinguished - and dramatically differing - viewpoints. The thirteen contributions that precede this afterword offer a provocative and representative set of reactions to the ongoing debate over the role of the Supreme Court in the American polity. This debate is by no means new, or even middle-aged. The struggle over the confirmation of Associate Justice Clarence Thomas is but the latest in a long line of pressure points in American constitutional history - events such as controversial Supreme Court decisions, …