Quote:
Originally Posted by VladtheImpaler
It's not her dissents that were the problem. It's where she wrote the majority decisions - her reasoning was basically "well, law abiding citizens have nothing to fear from the police, so it's ok for the cops to bust down your door and look around to see if there is something criminal going on". Obviously, that's very simplified, but her l found her infuriating. I think it's because she was a product of the inquisitorial French system with much more deference to the State...
|
Now that I think of it, I can't off the top of my head actually think of any majority decisions L'H-D wrote. It seems like it's usually Cranky Pants McLachlan or In-Love-With-Shakespeare-And-In-Love-With-Myself Binnie writing those...