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« Heidegger's Hut | Main | Is a train station intellectual property? » Monday, December 4, 2006Supreme Court rockI was in the middle of doing some background reading for a more sage and serious post on the Supreme Court, which is taking up the issue of race in schools today, but then I came across this item and had to post it in the meantime. It's Yale law prof Jack Balkin playing a parlor game -- a new one to me -- in which the challenge is to compare the opinion writing styles of the Supreme Court justices to rock/pop stars. A sample: David Souter-- Paul Simon. Bookish, a little too insular and self-contained. Still crazy after all these years. Posted by John Swansburg at 11:50 AM
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