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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 05:47 AM
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Which Supreme Court Justice are you?
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SemiCharmedQuark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 05:54 AM
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1. Souter...
Edited on Mon Jan-25-10 05:55 AM by SemiCharmedQuark
I'm going through reading the analysis of each judge. They're not bad, really.
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SemiCharmedQuark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 05:59 AM
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5. LOL, the author isn't really a Thomas fan.
Must be of the opinion that if you can't say something nice...
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Zoeisright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 05:55 AM
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2. It's a tie: Souter or Ginsberg.
No surprise there. What did surprise me is that I was 8% Scalia. Shudder.
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SemiCharmedQuark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 05:57 AM
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3. It was close. 79% on Ginsberg. 80% on Souter.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 06:01 AM
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7. I had the same result
double shudder.
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 05:58 AM
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4. 97% Souter 96% Ginsberg
Probably closer to 100% if Douglas, Brennan or Marshall were still around.
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Callalily Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 06:00 AM
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6. I am Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg n/t
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jonnyblitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 06:01 AM
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8. John Paul Stevens (I agreed with him 88% of the time)
Edited on Mon Jan-25-10 06:09 AM by jonnyblitz
I only agreed with Scalia 15% of the time.
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PufPuf23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 06:08 AM
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9. Stevens nt Interesting test.
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racaulk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 07:25 AM
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10. I am Justice Samuel Alito.
Kidding!!!

:hide:

My quiz result came back as Justice John Paul Stevens, who I agreed with 72% of the time. Although I was also at 72% with Souter and at 71% with Ginsberg.

Although the quiz is a little dated (it includes Souter and not Sotomayor), it's still very interesting! :hi:
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jaxx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 07:37 AM
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11. Souter 84%
Ginsberg 83%
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Loki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 07:44 AM
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12. Souter and Ginsberg...
:-)
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boston bean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 07:52 AM
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13. No suprise for me, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. nt
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Dogmudgeon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 07:54 AM
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14. Souter: 96% Souter, 96% Ginzberg
So I'm actually retired.

Jeff Toobin, as quoted in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Souter">Wikipedia:

Toughened, or coarsened, by their worldly lives, the other dissenters could shrug and move on, but Souter couldn’t. His whole life was being a judge. He came from a tradition where the independence of the judiciary was the foundation of the rule of law. And Souter believed Bush v. Gore mocked that tradition. His colleagues’ actions were so transparently, so crudely partisan that Souter thought he might not be able to serve with them anymore. Souter seriously considered resigning. For many months, it was not at all clear whether he would remain as a justice. That the Court met in a city he loathed made the decision even harder. At the urging of a handful of close friends, he decided to stay on, but his attitude toward the Court was never the same. There were times when David Souter thought of Bush v. Gore and wept.

--d!
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 08:16 AM
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15. Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Color me completely and unequivocally unshocked--
and rather proud!
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 08:21 AM
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16. John Paul Stevens n/t
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adamuu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 08:48 AM
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17. You are Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg n/t
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Libertas1776 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 08:55 AM
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18. Stevens n/t
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TornadoTN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 09:01 AM
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19. 83% Ginsburg, 80% Souter n/t
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W_HAMILTON Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 09:34 AM
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20. Kennedy.
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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 09:36 AM
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22. I thought I would come up Kennedy - but it wasn't in the cards.
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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 09:36 AM
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21. 84% Souter, 3% Thomas - don't know how that happened.
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NorthCarolina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 09:49 AM
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23. 83% Ginsburg
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MgtPA Donating Member (390 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 02:33 PM
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24. Me too.
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 02:41 PM
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25. Ginsburg, with Stevens a close second.
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LeftishBrit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-26-10 05:51 AM
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26. Stevens. Glad I didn't get Scalia!
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howard112211 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-26-10 06:04 AM
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27. John Paul Stevens.
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