January 22, 2007

In a WSJ commentary, Jan Crawford Greenberg, working from the papers of Justice Blackmun, has a fascinating piece on how influential and persuasive Justice Thomas has been on the Court: rather than being Scalia's lackey, "If either justice changed his mind to side with the other that year, it was Justice Scalia joining Justice Thomas, not the other way around." (Via Adler @ Volokh.) Another scoop or two like that, and her Supreme Conflict book may well turn out to be the most indispensable insiders' book on the Court since The Brethren.