The premise of this study is that judicial sobriety has been underappreciated in scholarship and commentary on the Supreme Court, and this underappreciation has led to a devaluation of certain justices.

Richard G. Stevens is Professor of Political Science at the Institute of World Politics. He is the author of The American Constitution and Its Provenance.Matthew J. Franck is Chair and Associate Professor of Political Science at Radford University. He is the author of Against the Imperial Judiciary.