revanchists

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revanchists

  1. plural of revanchist
    • 2014 July 2, Jeff Shesol, “Rightward Bound: 'Uncertain Justice' and 'Scalia' [book review; International New York Times version: The Court: Rightward bound: Uncertain Justice. The Warren Court and the Constitution. By Laurence Tribe and Joshua Matz. 401 pages. Henry Holt & Company. $32. Scalia. A Court of One. By Bruce Allen Murphy. Illustrated. 644 pages. Simon & Schuster. $35. 10 July 2014, p. 9]”, in The New York Times[1]:
      Mr. Murphy tracks shifts in Justice Scalia's approach and what differentiates it from those of other textual revanchists, whether Justice Clarence Thomas or the legal scholar Robert Bork.