[boop]

This was a Gerald Ford appointee.

Now I know Ford was not exactly a conservative. But he must have picked up a few pointers along the way about what the Constitution means.

I'm not old enough to know how this guy's confirmation went, but even a stupid republican had to know who we was appointing.

I still can't get over how GHWBush could nominate a pinko like David Souter, yet hit a home run like Clarence Thomas.

Did these "republican" presidents have absolutely NO clue?

Hell, even liberal Nixon regretted Blackmun.

And that must tell you something.

[yarddog]

I used to work with a guy who was kin to Blackmun. I think a cousin but can’t say for sure.

I do remember he said the entire family despised him for what he did on the supreme court. This old guy was from Birmingham, Alabama originally.