The Supremes' Greatest Hits Quotes

“Presidents typically nominate someone [to the Supreme Court] they believe will share their political and judicial philosophies, but the history of the Supreme Court is replete with justices who were supposed to be of one stripe, and turned out to be much different. A lifetime appointment to a position with the power to change fundamental rights and national policies, free from direct political pressures, can easily change one's perspective and ideology...If the history of Supreme Court justices teaches us anything, it's that a justice's past is not always a justice's prologue.”
― Michael G. Trachtman, The Supremes' Greatest Hits: The 37 Supreme Court Cases That Most Directly Affect Your Life

“In fundamental respects, the Constitution does not mean what it says. It means what the Supreme Court says it means. Or, more particularly, it means what five Supreme Court justices say it means at any particular time.”
― Michael G. Trachtman, The Supremes' Greatest Hits: The 37 Supreme Court Cases That Most Directly Affect Your Life