Supreme Court

Book Review: Richard A. Posner — A Rare Judge Who Tells Us How He Really Feels

Why didn’t a legal mind as brilliant as Richard Posner’s get to the Supreme Court? One suspects his candor and bluntness.

The history and process of judicial selection — dispassionately detailed.

Bruce Allen Murphy conveys the impression that Scalia knows how he feels on every issue before the briefs have been argued.

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