WILLIAM REHNQUIST
The most chilling observation in the article on the Rehnquist court was that lawyers who had previously clerked with him were reluctant to have their names published because they still practice law!
Once we were told eternal vigilance is the price of freedom. Now it appears that eternal discretion is that price.
WILLIAM E. PROPER
South Pasadena
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