Recently I was asked, "If you could fix one thing about the American judicial system, what would it be?"
My reply?
"I would make all my dissents into majority opinions."
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Charles Evans Hughes. His view on the role of the dissent comes closest to the statement above. Or Ruth Bader Ginsburg as she has frequently referenced Hughes' view.
Posted by: Barbara Burke | October 24, 2011 at 10:29 AM
No, not the answer I'm looking for.
Posted by: Tim Zinnecker | October 24, 2011 at 11:36 AM
John Paul Stevens.
Posted by: Brian Clarke | October 24, 2011 at 12:45 PM
Correct.
This was one of the "ten questions" recently posed by TIME to the noted jurist.
Article here:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2097390-1,00.html
Video here:
http://vodpod.com/watch/15580194-10-questions-for-john-paul-stevens
Posted by: Tim Zinnecker | October 24, 2011 at 01:35 PM