[Theodore R.]

But in 1963, the SCOTUS took the so-called "pauper's petition" from Clarence Gideon, who claimed that he was falsely convicted for burglary of a vending machine at a FL -- yes, FL -- pool hall. SCOTUS ordered a new trial with a court-appointed lawyer, and Mr. Gideon was acquitted. Thousands of others similarly situated got new trials too. Therefore, public-funded lawyers became a staple for the poor accused of any felonies. There is a book about this by the popular liberal author Anthony Lewis, whose wife is the MA Supreme Court chief justice who ordered "gay marriage" in 2004. Lewis called his book Gideon's Trumpet.

[txrangerette]

Judge Bork was speaking of the Supreme Court as he believes it to be TODAY, not decades ago. He didn't say there was never in history a time when the SCOTUS heard a case about a only one person.

[txrangerette]

"a case about a only one person"