This week's New Yorker has a really interesting article about Justice John Paul Stevens and the current state/evolution of the Supreme Court. The author, Jeffrey Toobin (who wrote The Nine), was also interviewed on Fresh Air this evening - worth checking out if you're interested. I was particularly interested in how the authorship of the majority and dissenting opinions are used as tools to coax swing votes.

New Yorker article

Fresh Air interview

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in 2009