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Legislating from the bench:

We found that justices vary widely in their inclination to strike down Congressional laws. Justice Clarence Thomas, appointed by President George H. W. Bush, was the most inclined, voting to invalidate 65.63 percent of those laws; Justice Stephen Breyer, appointed by President Bill Clinton, was the least, voting to invalidate 28.13 percent. The tally for all the justices appears below.

Thomas 65.63 %

Kennedy 64.06 %

Scalia 56.25 %

Rehnquist 46.88 %

O'Connor 46.77 %

Souter 42.19 %

Stevens 39.34 %

Ginsburg 39.06 %

Breyer 28.13 %

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/06/opinion/...serland&emc=rss

Who elected Clarence Thomas, anyway? B)

Check out that librul restraint-- O'Connor in the middle...WITH REHNQUIST!

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I thought it was the job of the Supreme Court to strike down Congressional laws that are somehow unconstitutional. Was I wrong in thinking that?

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