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"Catholicism is a wide tent in terms of political and legal positions. We could have nine Catholics on the Supreme Court and a great deal of diversity toward the law." — Cass Sunstein
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Canadian Scientist    Catholicism   

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"But movement Republicans want to see the court shift in the direction represented by Scalia and Thomas. If I had to guess, the next appointment would not be an extremist. But I would never have guessed Janice Brown." — Cass Sunstein
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"It makes people think the stakes (in a confirmation) are much lower than they are," — Cass Sunstein
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Confirmation   

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"There is a Republican noise machine that goes on arguing that 'legal activism' is killing us. Liberal judicial activism was decades ago." — Cass Sunstein
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"People who know him in Washington, D.C., of various ideological stripes, say this is not the type to be a fundamentalist. He is clearly extremely able, and his opinions are real lawyers' opinions." — Cass Sunstein
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"He is unquestionably one of the most important figures in the history of American law." — Cass Sunstein
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"She is unquestionably an intelligent person and a competent lawyer. But she's had very little experience in constitutional law." — Cass Sunstein
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"We learned at least back then he was quite conservative. He was even a relative conservative in the Reagan Justice Department, which is saying something," — Cass Sunstein
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"We also learned he was really smart, careful, and that he did not hold any irresponsible or reckless positions. He was not a flame-thrower?. It is clear he is not a bombastic person. He hews closely to legal materials." — Cass Sunstein
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"There are some lawyers who think of themselves as basically instruments of whoever their clients are, and they pride themselves on their professional craft." — Cass Sunstein
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"[At the same time, there is a growing pile of tidbits, in Roberts' opinions and in the Reagan-era documents dribbling out of the White House, that indicates he has strongly held and far-right views on major fronts—abortion, religion, and executive power. There's ammunition for principled opposition to be mined here. But the key attribute Roberts lacks from the point of view of the legal liberals, at least on the record, is an overarching, burn-the-house-down judicial philosophy. As a result, proponents of judicial restraint—an approach to the law that's become as fashionable among liberals as conservatives—are eager to embrace him as one of their own. Leftish advocates of restraint celebrate justices who don't reach out beyond the facts of a case to decide more than they need to and who respect existing Supreme Court precedent. They wrinkle their noses at justices who overtly seek to impose a rightward agenda (Antonin Scalia) and are willing to jettison past decisions to do it (Clarence Thomas). Roberts has never declared himself one of the bad guys, Sunstein pointed out hopefully in a recent piece in the New Republic . Instead he has styled himself as deliberate, lawyerly, process-oriented. His opinions on the D.C. Circuit court of appeals] avoid broad pronouncements, ... They do not try to reorient the law." — Cass Sunstein
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"If you can kill them, why can't you spy on them?" — Cass Sunstein
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"I don't think any new member of the court will expect the court to follow his or her lead. We have nine separate law offices headed by strong-willed people." — Cass Sunstein
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"Rehnquist really was treated unfairly, ... A person is a career, not a moment." — Cass Sunstein
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"My feeling on the Republican side, unfortunately, is they just want to make him look like an American hero who is both the most brilliant person in the world and the nicest person in the world." — Cass Sunstein
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"a simple brain freeze, the sort that all human beings are subject to. On the other hand, it is at least mildly embarrassing to make a mistake of that magnitude." — Cass Sunstein
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"Even though he's been in public life a long time, he's got a pretty sparse record. So I wouldn't be sure in any area. I've got hunches, that's all." — Cass Sunstein
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"He's one of the most interesting senators of our time. The fact that the right was so concerned about him as head of the Judiciary Committee made many people think he'd be very careful in scrutinizing Bush's appointees. But I guess he has proved unpredictable once again." — Cass Sunstein
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"When some Republicans said that ideology didn't matter, they really meant that Democrats and liberals should shut up. Now that the president has chosen someone whose ideology is uncertain, many conservatives are raising questions." — Cass Sunstein
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"[As pointed out by Cass Sunstein, the University of Chicago law professor who wrote the 2001 book republic.com,] Extremists and hate-filled sites tend to attract likeminded people who, if isolated, could come to their senses. ... tend to become more extremist." — Cass Sunstein
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Books And Reading   

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"[At the same time, there is a growing pile of tidbits, in Roberts' opinions and in the Reagan-era documents dribbling out of the White House, that indicates he has strongly held and far-right views on major fronts‰abortion, religion, and executive power. There's ammunition for principled opposition to be mined here. But the key attribute Roberts lacks from the point of view of the legal liberals, at least on the record, is an overarching, burn-the-house-down judicial philosophy. As a result, proponents of judicial restraint‰an approach to the law that's become as fashionable among liberals as conservatives‰are eager to embrace him as one of their own. Leftish advocates of restraint celebrate justices who don't reach out beyond the facts of a case to decide more than they need to and who respect existing Supreme Court precedent. They wrinkle their noses at justices who overtly seek to impose a rightward agenda (Antonin Scalia) and are willing to jettison past decisions to do it (Clarence Thomas). Roberts has never declared himself one of the bad guys, Sunstein pointed out hopefully in a recent piece in the New Republic . Instead he has styled himself as deliberate, lawyerly, process-oriented. His opinions on the D.C. Circuit court of appeals] avoid broad pronouncements, ... They do not try to reorient the law." — Cass Sunstein
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