The Hill News

By Lanny J. Davis & David B. Rivkin Jr.
 
Say this about Anna Nicole Smith: In a variety of ways, she brought together Americans of all stripes. In an era of political division, she welcomed all in her various endeavors.
 
That is her legal legacy, too. On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will, for the second time, hear oral argument in a case arising from Ms. Smith’s bankruptcy and her attempt to use that bankruptcy to get around the will of her deceased husband, billionaire oilman J. Howard Marshall II. The case has brought together a wide coalition of liberals, conservatives and people of all stripes concerned about one thing: the constitutional guarantee that lawsuits will be decided by a fully independent and impartial judge.

Read more...