By Jeffrey B. Morris. Oxford University Press, 398 pages, $85
Linus Van Pelt in Charles Schulz’s “Peanuts” comic strip denied that he worshipped Miss Othmar, his teacher, even while freely acknowledging that he was quite fond of the ground on which she walked. That’s pretty much the way I feel about my senior colleague, the subject of Jeffrey B. Morris’s new book, “Leadership on the Federal Bench: The Craft and Activism of Jack Weinstein.” My ability to review the book objectively is diminished by the fact that I’d be captivated by an account of Jack Weinstein’s preferred grocery stores, or favorite travel routes to the courthouse. Nonetheless, my bias now fully disclosed, review it I shall.
