A commenter in this article on Sandra Day O'Connor's abbreviated legacy beat me to it, so I'll just second it -- it's damned funny how directly she contributed to the early obsolescence of her own opinions. I'm not a diehard SCOTUS watcher, but I do pay attention, and O'Connor was conspicuous mostly by her apparent lack of any rigorous ideology, idealism, or pragmatism. And the eagerness with which Fredo's replacement vultures have picked her carcass apart reflects exactly that; she cynically enabled people whose own cynicism is merely a tool to implement their ideological ambitions.
Best of all, she's still alive to observe it happening, and comprehend her own role in it. Sometimes the universe does have a sense of humor.
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