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Judges and Judiciary

May 7, 2005

For Real Picture of High-Court Hopefuls, Review Past Opinions

In certain quarters on the left and the right, it is conventional wisdom that everyone on George W. Bush's short list for the U.S. Supreme Court is cut from the same ideological cloth. For each pro-Bush pundit who paints all potential nominees as mainstream, there is a Bush-basher who depicts them all as radical extremists. The truth is far more interesting.

Timothy J. Dowling

Chief Counsel Community Rights Counsel

Community Rights Counsel is a Washington, D.C., public interest law firm that represents state and local officials in constitutional challenges to environmental laws and other community protections.

        
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