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To: SpringheelJack
The most eloquent and moving comment for me was made by Ginsburg. Senator Hatch was right about her. She was a class act. I repost her comment here:

"Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist was the fairest, most efficient boss I have ever had. Speaking of his role in a 2002 address, he said: 'The chief justice has placed in his hands some of the tools which will enable him to be primus among the pares but his stature will depend on how he uses them.' In his leadership of the U.S. Judiciary and his superintendence of the Supreme Court, William H. Rehnquist used to great effect the tools Congress and tradition entrusted to him. A plain speaker without airs or affectations, the chief fostered a spirit of collegiality among the nine of us perhaps unparalleled in the court's history. He regarded an independent judiciary as our country's hallmark and pride, and in his annual reports, he constantly urged Congress to safeguard that independence. On the obligation key to judging, he cautioned that a judge steps out of the proper judicial role most conspicuously and dangerously when the judge flinches from a decision that is legally right because the bottom line is not the one 'the home crowd wants.' I held him in highest regard and affection, and will miss him greatly."

115 posted on 09/04/2005 10:24:01 PM PDT by Torie
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To: Torie
The most eloquent and moving comment for me was made by Ginsburg. Senator Hatch was right about her. She was a class act.

It would explain why Ginsburg and Scalia have a very close friendship...

She's still a Commie, though...

147 posted on 09/05/2005 6:58:43 AM PDT by Al Simmons (America's Greatest Torch Singer - Chris Webster - www.babyswan.com)
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