Perhaps the public’s more recent charges of judicial activism or legislating from the bench are a reaction to our three branches of government being out of balance.
Opinion

Longest-Serving Justices

Only five justices have served longer: William O. Douglas, Stephen Field, John Paul Stevens, John Marshall, and Hugo Black. By my counting, Justice Thomas will surpass Justice Black next month, Chief ...
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