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"As Ocheltree left the courthouse, still holding her husband's hand, she said that she felt the court would do the right thing when it issued its decision later this year. There was no real basis for her optimism, though, not in the court's track record or in the questions the judges asked at her hearing."

"Legal scholars talk about the pendulum swinging from liberal to conservative, from a preoccupation with individuals' rights to a preoccupation with states' rights, and suggest that, in time, it will swing back once more. It would certainly help many Americans sustain their faith in the system if the courts could find their equilibrium, if they could become less ideological, less predictable and less political. That doesn't appear to be on the horizon, though, not in the foreseeable future. In the historic site in Richmond where the Confederacy once thrived, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit is ushering in the 21st century. "

WOW. As I read the NY Times article I was thinking that while it was very informative it was a thinly veiled attack on the 4th Circuit. And then, in the last two paragraphs the veil fell completely away. Even the NY Times isn't often that obvious.

Good to read that Wilkinson is trying to uphold the tradition of the gentleman judge. I'm sure Justice Powell would approve.

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