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“A Good Judge”
Author(s) -
JOYCE CRAIG
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of supreme court history
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1540-5818
pISSN - 1059-4329
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-5818.2006.00128.x
Subject(s) - laughter , economic justice , law , psychology , sociology , criminology , political science , social psychology
Senator BAUCUS: How do you want to be remembered in history? Judge O'CONNOR: The tombstone question—what do I want on the tombstone?[Laughter.] Senator BAUCUS: Hopefully it will be written in places other than on a tombstone. Judge O'CONNOR: I hope it might say, “Here lies a good judge.” —Justice O'Connor's Confirmation Hearing (1981) 1