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Humility, Hubris, and the Next Supreme Court Justice

March 20, 2017
Zachary K. German and Robert J. Burton

The idea of humility as virtue and hubris as vice in the exercise of judicial power has been an enduring theme in American political and legal discourse. It knows no partisan, ideological, or historical boundaries. For that reason, it behooves us to pierce through its rhetorical uses and search for a more theoretical, more principled […]

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