Dim Chief

Prof CrimLaw:

I actually think this case is pretty clear. Burger was not a very creative man, and any time you see something that looks like a coherent argument in one of his opinions it's usually because one of the litigants gave it to him. He wasn't the brightest bulb in the - however that sentence ends. I once had an e-mail debate with a colleague of mine about who was the dumbest Chief Justice we've ever had - he thought it was Burger but I wasn't so sure. I don't know why I'm telling you all this.