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Today in Supreme Court History: August 17, 1988

8/17/1988: Republican party nominates George H.W. Bush for President. He would appoint David Souter and Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court.

Reason · Aug 17, 2022

Noah Feldman: There's a lot of Harvard and Yale on the Supreme Court. And that's OK

Eight of the nine Supreme Court justices went to Harvard or Yale law schools. So did nearly a fifth of the federal judiciary. This rankles some politicians, watchdog groups and others who see it as an outrageous manifestation of elitism that needs to be changed, given how much power this…

Tribune News Service · Aug 9, 2022

New in Newsweek: Dobbs "nullified Justice Souter's linkage of stare decisis and legitimacy"

"A new generation of law students, lawyers, and judges must internalize the Dobbs conception of "legitimacy."

Reason · Jul 20, 2022

Thirty years ago, the Supreme Court nearly struck down Roe v. Wade in a Pennsylvania case. The justices chose another way

PHILADELPHIA — It was months before a pivotal national election. A strong conservative majority had been cemented on the U.S. Supreme Court, and legislators in one state had passed a law restricting abortion access that they hoped, through the court challenges that followed, would become the vehicle for overturning Roe…

The Philadelphia Inquirer · May 4, 2022

Draft leak a 'shocking change' for typically airtight Supreme Court - Roll Call

The leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion on abortion rights started Washington’s greatest whodunnit in decades.

Roll Call · May 3, 2022