The sexist (including on the left) stuff arising from the Palin nomination is a worthy thing
to guard against. As to the Blackmun bio, the fact he cared about the human side of judging -- as some critics emphasize -- doesn't erase the fact he also cited the law too. See this
famous dissent; the book HAB references pretty good. Anyways, hiding something, including at times the messiness of judgments, does not mean it is absent. A
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