Thursday, April 12, 2018

Reinhardt article

Today's NYT has Linda Greenhouse's Dissenting Against the Supreme Court’s Rightward Shift, which begins:

Image result for gotta catch em allWhen Stephen Reinhardt, the famously liberal judge who died last month after 37 years on the federal appellate bench, visited Yale Law School a few years ago, a student asked him what the point was of issuing decision after decision that the Supreme Court would predictably overturn. The question was a challenge, but Judge Reinhardt took it with a smile. “They can’t catch ’em all,” he said.