A black drape has been placed on the chair of Justice Antonin Scalia (1936-2016) To consider the judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions [is] a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy. ~ Jefferson letter to Wm. Jarvis (1820) Jordan Weissmann, a fine […]
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4-4 Tie deconstructs Supreme Court oligarchy
A black drape has been placed on the chair of Justice Antonin Scalia (1936-2016) To consider the judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions [is] a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy. ~ Jefferson letter to Wm. Jarvis (1820) Jordan Weissmann, a fine […]
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