A deep bench of substitute justices goes unused
By Robert Barnes
The Washington Post
August 9, 2010

EXCERPT:

And, at some point, theory steps aside and reality sets in. "It's an interesting idea," said James Sample, a Hofstra law professor who has specialized in studying judicial recusals. "The challenge is that it's so difficult to divorce discussion of the proposal from the individual justices who might end up replacing the recused justices."

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