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Life, Politics and the Law From ABC News Correspondent Jan Crawford Greenburg
Jan Crawford Greenburg is a correspondent for ABC News' bureau in Washington DC. She covers politics, the Supreme Court and provides legal analysis for ABC News. She is a graduate of the University of Chicago's law school and is a member of the New York bar.
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July 05, 2007 6:33 PM
The second term of the Roberts Court was notable not only for the fewest decisions issued in recent Court history, but also its sharp turn to the right. You can read my analysis here. And for a slightly contrary view of the Court's mixed decision on the school assignment plan in Kentucky, read this profile of Louisville's veteran Civil Rights activist Mattie Jones and her surprising reaction to the victory of the plantiff in that landmark case, Crystal Meredith. You can watch our Nightline story on the two women by clicking here. By the way, if you find yourself in Louisville and are hungry for some real Southern home cooking, check out Big Momma's, where "everything is special." Warning: Though Big Momma cooks up five bushels of greens every Sunday, they usually sell out within two or three hours of her noontime opening!
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Jan - I've watched so much of what passes for reporting in the MSM that your piece for Nightline left me speechless, it was so unusual. My first reaction was: they actually let you report this story from that angle? Keep it up. You rock!
Posted by: Bruce | Jul 6, 2007 4:26:19 PM
Even those critics of the current court term (no small number in the media), seem to regard Roberts and Alito as highly qualified, just too far to the right. It's interesting (in a chilling kind of a way) to wonder what these critics would now be saying if instead of Roberts and Alito, the two new Justices had been Alberto Gonzales and Harriet Miers. (It seems that's what Bush wanted and likely would have gotten if the conservative base hadn't gone into revolt mode twice -- though with Gonzales it was a preemptory strike before Bush could actually nominate him).
Think of that. Alberto Gonzales on the Supreme Court, maybe as Chief Justice . . . after all that we've recently found out about him? Along with Harriet Miers? Instead of John Roberts and Samuel Alito? Talk about a close call.
I imagine even the Roberts and Alito critics will be glad those two are there when they think of what they nearly got instead. Well, if not glad, at least less apoplectic.
Many people agree the best thing about the Bush actions have been his Supreme Court nominations. But Gonzales and Miers would have put Bush's Supreme Court nominations in the same ditch as the Katrina recovery and the Iraq war. Good thing for Bush that the conservative base revolted on him.
Posted by: Joe | Jul 6, 2007 5:46:55 PM
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