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October 19, 2005 From the Airwaves The following comments from Jeffrey Rosen, professor of law, GWLS, and the legal-affairs editor of The New Republic, discussing Harriet Miers’ qualifications to fill Sandra Day O’Conner’s seat on the Supreme Court, on “All Things Considered,” National Public Radio, Oct. 3. “It appears that some of the greatest justices in Supreme Court history have had no judicial experience, and some of the worst have had no judicial experience. The famous Four Horsemen who opposed Franklin Roosevelt had not previously served on the bench. By contrast, the greatest chief justices — Marshall, Hughes, and Taft — and the greatest associate justices — Black, Douglas, Warren, Brandeis, Frankfurter, Jackson — all of these people had never served on the bench.
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