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Today in Supreme Court History: August 17, 1988

8/17/1988: Republican party nominates George H.W. Bush for President. He would appoint David Souter and Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court.

Reason

Noah Feldman: There's a lot of Harvard and Yale on the Supreme Court. And that's OK

Eight of the nine Supreme Court justices went to Harvard or Yale law schools. So did nearly a fifth of the federal judiciary. This rankles some politicians, watchdog groups and others who see it as an outrageous manifestation of elitism that needs to be changed, given how much power this…

Tribune News Service

New in Newsweek: Dobbs "nullified Justice Souter's linkage of stare decisis and legitimacy"

"A new generation of law students, lawyers, and judges must internalize the Dobbs conception of "legitimacy."

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Noah Feldman: Threat to Kavanaugh will irrevocably change justices' lives

The arrest of an armed man outside the home of Justice Brett Kavanaugh marks a significant milestone in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Tribune News Service

No Joan Biskupic, Justice Thomas Did Not Take A "Surprising, Public Jab" At Chief Justice Roberts

Justice Thomas waxed nostalgically about the Rehnquist Court. He did not blame Roberts for the change.

Reason

Justices to meet for 1st time since leak of draft Roe ruling

The Supreme Court’s nine justices will gather in private Thursday for their first scheduled meeting since the leak of a draft opinion that would overrule Roe v

The Independent UK

For Supreme Court justices, secrecy is part of the job

Supreme Court justices have long prized confidentiality

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Thirty years ago, the Supreme Court nearly struck down Roe v. Wade in a Pennsylvania case. The justices chose another way

PHILADELPHIA — It was months before a pivotal national election. A strong conservative majority had been cemented on the U.S. Supreme Court, and legislators in one state had passed a law restricting abortion access that they hoped, through the court challenges that followed, would become the vehicle for overturning Roe…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Draft leak a 'shocking change' for typically airtight Supreme Court - Roll Call

The leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion on abortion rights started Washington’s greatest whodunnit in decades.

Roll Call

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