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Question for non
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Tue May 27, 2014 8:18 pmby Philly
Rank the Supreme Court justices in order of intellect, in your estimation. Dylan, and Saz too I suppose, feel free to do the same. This being a public forum I suppose I can't tell the rest of you not to chime in.
Re: Question for non
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Tue May 27, 2014 11:11 pmby Kane
Right off the top of my head...
John James Marshall
Earl Warren
Hugo Black
Meh. I'm not thinking too much about this. But that's a quickie.
Re: Question for non
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Wed May 28, 2014 1:31 amby Saz
If I had to take a swing at it...
Roberts
Ginsburg
Scalia
Kennedy
Kagan
Thomas
Soto
Not that it really matters. All are plenty intelligent enough to do the job and significantly smarter than 99% of people, making most of our estimations of intellect baseless. Scalia is the best writer I think though and so comes across as the wittiest.
Re: Question for non
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Wed May 28, 2014 9:09 amby eynon81
Re: Question for non
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Wed May 28, 2014 9:14 amby eynon81
Case in point:
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. maybe the smartest dude to ever sit on the court. So f**k smart they still teach his decisions in law school, DESPITE THE FACT, that they were all terrible (unless you are Galt, then you love them).
Re: Question for non
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Wed May 28, 2014 10:05 amby uebermann
Moved to proper forum.
Re: Question for non
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Thu May 29, 2014 5:28 pmby Saz
Re: Question for non
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Thu May 29, 2014 5:31 pmby eynon81
Re: Question for non
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Thu May 29, 2014 8:14 pmby gla22
I don't know why you guys are putting Scalia so high up there. Yeah he has a bold style but in terms of rationality...
Re: Question for non
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Thu May 29, 2014 8:15 pmby Philly