Richard Garnett
Richard Garnett
Richard Garnett C.B.was a scholar, librarian, biographer and poet. He was son of Richard Garnett, an author, philologistand assistant keeper of printed books in the British Museum, i.e. what is now the British Library...
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth27 February 1835
chief justice nine
Before Chief Justice Rehnquist, it really was like nine scorpions in a bottle.
focused justices pacing sure
He's not pacing the floor, ruminating on his future. He's focused on doing the court's business, making sure the other justices do their business.
shrinking
he's not going to be a pushover or a shrinking violet.
asked friend gave hearings history judge order president questions recent roe rule tons
It's actually kind of a recent idea that in order to judge a nominee, you had to have tons and tons of paper, ... For most of history it was, you know, someone's nominated, probably a friend of the president ... You had hearings, and in the hearings you asked some questions, and the questions gave you the answers, and that was it. No one asked about how you were going to rule in Roe v. Wade, how you were going to rule in Miranda, whatever.
mistake mistakes strike usual
It's not the usual thing, but it doesn't strike me as being troubling. It would be a mistake to read it as payback.
job point
And if it comes to a point where he says, 'I can't do the job,' then I think he'll just quit. But we don't know if he's at that point yet.
awhile came change court gets justice matter seen since supreme tends thomas views voting
It's been awhile since the Supreme Court had any new members, ... And one thing we've seen is that when the Court gets a new member, no matter what that member's views are, it sometimes tends to change the dynamics. When Justice Thomas came on the Court, Justice Souter started voting differently.
cut imagine jumping justice talking
I wouldn't imagine him jumping in to cut off Justice (Ruth Bader) Ginsburg or Justice Scalia if they are talking too long.
good roberts
I think, actually, if you want to know where Roberts is on a lot of stuff, Rehnquist is a good place to start,