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Jun. 24, 2009
Progressive Jurists' Time Has Come
Compassion in the courts can only be achieved when jurists are unafraid to defend the Bill of Rights against the arrogance of power displayed by the political branches of government, writes Bruce J. Einhorn.
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By Bruce J. Einhorn One of this nation's great common law judges and Supreme Court justices, Benjamin Cardozo, wrote with eloquent insight that, "Existing rules and principles can give us our present location, our bearings, our latitude and longitude. The inn that shelters for the night is not the journey's end. The law, like the traveler, must be ready for the morrow. It must have a principle of growth." The nomination and li...
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