Those who forget the past

Steven Hayward at No Left Turns reminds us that conservatives doubted Sandra Day O’Connor’s merit as a Supreme Court judge even at the time she was nominated. George Will nailed it when he wrote, “Having shown little inclination toward jurisprudential theory, she is unlikely to supply what this Court most needs.” And Terry Eastland was concerned that

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