Recently I was asked, "If you could fix one thing about the American judicial system, what would it be?"
My reply?
"I would make all my dissents into majority opinions."
Who am I?
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Charles Evans Hughes. His view on the role of the dissent comes closest to the statement above. Or Ruth Bader Ginsburg as she has frequently referenced Hughes' view.
No, not the answer I'm looking for.
John Paul Stevens.
Correct.
This was one of the "ten questions" recently posed by TIME to the noted jurist.
Article here:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2097390-1,00.html
Video here:
http://vodpod.com/watch/15580194-10-questions-for-john-paul-stevens