Indeed, Ms. O’Connor, with opinions like “Affirmative Action and Reverse Discrimination are constitutional now, but maybe won’t be after 25 years or so,” is one of the primary reasons we have come so far from the vision of the Framers of the Constitution. She’s probably the stupidest justice of recent memory; must have leaned on her ghostwriter or co-author if her “Majesty of Law” is well-written.
And, for the survey, I’m reading Red Horse, an Italian, historical WWII novel by Eugenio Corti.
One of the things you learn reading her book is how far back the mess actually began, she was just carrying on a long tradition of justices that could pull things from thin air that fit their ideology and claim it was somehow in the Constitution or should have been. She shows you the pattern of cases that in sum weakened the Constitution over the years; of course to her they were great rulings, but she tells enough about them for you to get the picture clearly. That is why I am enjoying the book- it makes me angry, but does give insight to what has happened, and is still happening. I do recommend it.