When One Justice Makes a Mistake, It is an Embarrassing Blunder. But When 9 Do, Silence.

Bob Barnes of the Washington Post has a nice recap of the partisanship surrounding Justice Scalia’s error in a recent case in which he mischaracterized a precedent (a precedent whose opinion he authored).  Justice Stevens made a mistake like this … Continue reading When One Justice Makes a Mistake, It is an Embarrassing Blunder. But When 9 Do, Silence.