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Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Courts - More on: Justice O'Connor confesses second thoughts about Republican Party of Minnesota v. White
Following up on this ILB entry from Saturday, Law.com today has an article by Matthew Hirsch titled "At Least One Case Still Bugs O'Connor." Some quotes:
In an address on Friday at the Grand Hyatt hotel in San Francisco, O'Connor voiced regret over the fallout from the Supreme Court's ruling in Republican Party of Minnesota v. White, 536 U.S. 765, a case decided in 2002. As she often did in her last years on the bench, O'Connor cast the deciding fifth vote in the White case. * * *In a candid admission to California judges who came to hear O'Connor's speech, part of a three-day-long Summit of Judicial Leaders sponsored by the state Judicial Council, the retired justice said she doesn't second-guess many of her past decisions, "but that White case, I confess, does give me pause." * * *
She also hosted a conference in Washington, D.C., last month where California Chief Justice Ronald George talked about how the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in White helped contribute to more politicized judicial elections. He said O'Connor was especially interested in hearing about the negative impact of the decision.
"By the end of the conference, she said -- and I'm not just talking outside the school room, she said this publicly -- she said, 'Sometimes we just don't get it right,'" George said.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on November 8, 2006 10:54 AM
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