“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
“I think men get nervous when women start counting the number of female senators, and whites become edgy when they hear the next Supreme Court seat will probably go to a Latino. This isn't always because they object to sharing the spoils, by the way; it just reminds us that the melting pot may not be working, and we haven't yet achieved the ambiguous national dream of becoming a nation of indistinguishable beige atheists.” ThinkingMenWayMayDreamNextNationsNumbersHavensObjectsBecomingFemaleCourtAtheistSupremeNervousSeatsPotSenatorsSupreme CourtSpoilCountingLatinoMeltingAmbiguousEdgyMelting Pot Author:Dahlia Lithwick
“A lot of conservative writers have twisted that argument in the conversation around Judge [Gonzalo] Curiel and said this is identity politics as played by liberals. And that I think what they're trying to say is that progressives are the first to say.” ThinkingTryingFirstsSaidIdentityJudgingConversationArgumentConservativeTwistedIdentity Politics Author:Dahlia Lithwick
“The criticism from the other side of [race] debate - and these are not necessarily I think defenders of [Donald] Trump, but they're certainly quick to say, you know, if you're going to live by the race card, you die by the race card.” IfsThinkingKnowsDiesSidesRaceTrumpCriticismDebateCardsLive ByDefendersRace Car Author:Dahlia Lithwick
“Aaron Persky who is the judge who really I think it's fair to say there is a mob seeking to recall him because of what's perceived as a too-lenient sentence in a sexual assault case.” ThinkingCasesJudgingFairsSeekingSentencesRecallsAssaultSexual AssaultLenient Author:Dahlia Lithwick
“I just don't think we think about jurists as rock stars or great thinkers, particularly in the political world.” ThinkingWorldPoliticalStarsRocksThinkerRock StarGreat ThinkersJurists Author:Dahlia Lithwick
“I think particularly on the left, progressives wanted more bombast and more.” ThinkingWantedLeft Author:Dahlia Lithwick
“I've been thinking so much about how grateful I am to cover the court because the constraints of calm and civility are really palpable when you look across the street, and that, you know, I feel like the discourse has become so overheated that, you know, we talk about everything in the exact tone that seems to sort of preclude reason and to preclude the possibility of agreement.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsLooksReasonSeemsStreetsPossibilityGratefulCourtCalmToneAgreementDiscourseCivilityConstraints Author:Dahlia Lithwick
