A recent Internet exchange with law clerks at the trial level,mostly federal, raised the question of who writes judicial opinions.Every clerk replied, “I do,” and defended the practice. In hisautobiography, Chief Justice William Rehnquist says his clerks write hisopinions, and he defends the practice.
My view: The practice is indefensible. There are many reasons.
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