“One of the things that drives me batty is people who think they're court watchers, who say, "Oh, Clarence Thomas. You know, his clerks do all the work for him. You know, he doesn't deserve to be there, and has never done anything."” PeopleThinkingKnowsDoneDeserveCourtClerksWatchers Author:Dahlia Lithwick
“If Americans actually have the conversation about our disastrous prison policies, we'll understand the trends all move in very dangerous directions: we lock up more people, for less violent crime, at ever greater expense, breeding more dangerous criminals who often come out unemployable, violent and isiolated.” PeopleIfsMovingGreaterDangerousCrimePolicyConversationPrisonCriminalsViolentExpensesTrendsLocksBreedingViolent CrimesLock Up Author:Dahlia Lithwick
“The First Aphorism of Religion Cases: Only the religious convictions of other people are weird. Yours are perfectly rational.” PeopleFirstsReligiousCasesConvictionRationalAphorism Author:Dahlia Lithwick
“What's doubly, possibly triply weird about the [Donald] Trump claim is that I said something really hateful and offended an entire class of people, and in a case that actually has nothing to do with race he should still be conflicted out.” PeopleShouldSaidStillsRaceClassCasesTrumpClaimsOffendedHateful Author:Dahlia Lithwick
