Today in Supreme Court History: July 24, 1997

7/24/1997: Justice William Brennan dies.

Justice William Brennan

 

Comments

[Dan Schiavetta]

One of the great ones.

Like most of the great liberals, his views were the product of hard experience. His father, a penniless Irish immigrant, became a union organizer and was beaten up by management goons.

[Rev. Arthur L. Kirkland]

Former Justice Brennan won. His work will continue to be vindicated so long as any of us will be alive.

Praise reason, and praise Bill Brennan!

[buckleup]

Artie praises the values that include murdering children, withholding funds from states that didn't comply with arbitrary federal laws, and burning the US flag as a protest.

[Rev. Arthur L. Kirkland]

Who is Artie?

(I know buckleup -- he is one of this blog's disaffected, bigoted, right-wing fans.)

[Rev. Arthur L. Kirkland]

July 24, 1974 -- The Supreme Court of the United States decides United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683.

July 24, 2021 -- Evidence establishes that any law student whose professor uses "An Introduction To Constitutional Law" (or, worse, "This Day In Supreme Court History") deserves condolences and a refund.

[DaivdBehar]

Praise by a servant of the Chinese Commie Party for a mass murderer of unprecedented scope.

[buckleup]

I've learned a lot from these profs, you'd do well to try and open your bigoted mind Artie.

[Rev. Arthur L. Kirkland]

Open wider, buckleup. Your betters are not done with you. Not nearly.

And you will comply. You get to whimper about it all day long, but you will continue to toe the line established by better Americans.

Until you are replaced.

[Earnest]

I've grown to expect flubbing basic legal arguments from this post's author, but not basic facts. Justice Brennan resigned in 1990. He and Thurgood Marshall were basically the last SCOTUS justices to resign under a president of the opposing party (excepting Souter, but his decision is perhaps more understandable).