Laurence Tribe, “The Supreme Court, 1972 Term—Foreword: Toward a Model of Roles in the Due Process of Life and Law,” 87 Harvard Law Review 1, 7 (1973).
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“One of the most curious things about Roe is that, behind its own verbal smokescreen, the substantive judgment on which it rests is nowhere to be found.”
— Laurence Tribe on Roe v. Wade
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About Laurence Tribe
Laurence Henry Tribe (born October 10, 1941) is an American constitutional law scholar, the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at the Harvard Law School, and co-founder of the American Constitution Society. He is the author of several books, including a major treatise, American Constitutional Law (1978) and has argued before the United States Supreme Court dozens of times.
About Laurence Tribe
Laurence Henry Tribe (born October 10, 1941) is an American constitutional law scholar, the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at the Harvard Law School, and co-founder of the American Constitution Society. He is the author of several books, including a major treatise, American Constitutional Law (1978) and has argued before the United States Supreme Court dozens of times.
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