Souter Quotes

[Franck, Matthew J]

I thought it was understood to be a complaint about having no time
during the term to read a good book.

Matt
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-----Original Message-----
From: conlawprof-bounces at lists.ucla.edu
[mailto:conlawprof-bounces at lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Sheridan
Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 12:17 PM
To: Shapiro, Fred
Cc: conlawprof at lists.ucla.edu
Subject: Re: Souter Quotes

"I undergo an annual intellectual lobotomy."

Souter, quoted in an editorial in the San Francisco Chronicle, today, in

reference to the start of every term.  (sfgate.com)

I wonder what this means.  Is he saying that constitutional law has 
perhaps become so mired in the intensely minute that it, or some its 
practitioners, tend to ignore the larger world around them?  The outcry 
against referring to allegedly 'foreign' law, perhaps?

rs
sfls



Shapiro, Fred wrote:
> Let me piggyback on Earl's question and ask, can anyone suggest any
famous quotations from Souter.  I am asking for possible use in a future
edition of the Oxford Dictionary of American Legal Quotations, or, in
the unlikely chance that he said something really memorable, in a future
edition of The Yale Book of Quotations.
>
> Fred Shapiro
> Editor
> Oxford Dictionary of American Legal Quotations (Oxford University
Press)
> Yale Book of Quotations (Yale University Press)
>
>
>
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[conlawprof-bounces at lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Earl Maltz
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> Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 9:17 AM
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> Subject: Souter opinions
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> Aside from his discussion in  of precedent in Casey, can any of the
> Souter fans out there point me to an opinion or opinions that you
> view as memorable, outstanding, etc.?
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