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To: Aussie Dasher
Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. is poised to join a tradition of pragmatic justices who have moved the Supreme Court to the right in measured steps.

Two comments: He will likely move them more towards literacy than conservatism; and it would be surprising if he does not substantially improve the quality of written decisions - O'Connor was horribly convoluted and vague where she didn't need to be.

7 posted on 01/15/2006 3:51:09 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: lepton

"O'Connor was horribly convoluted and vague where she didn't need to be."

When I was in Law School in 1991, O'C wrote an opinion dealing with intellectual property. Since I was taking a patent/copyright course at the time the Prof had us study it. After 2 classes, he came to the conclusion that it made no sense at all. It didn't. IMHO, she was a token female in waaay over her head.


22 posted on 01/15/2006 5:55:29 PM PST by lawdude (LIEberals/socialists make up facts and history as they go!)
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