Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988.
NUMBER:
1770
AUTHOR:
William H Rehnquist, Associate Justice, US Supreme Court
QUOTATION:
[Jury selection] is best based upon seat-of-the-pants instincts, which are undoubtedly crudely stereotypical and may in many cases be hopelessly mistaken.
ATTRIBUTION:
Dissenting opinion in 7-2 ruling that made it more difficult for blacks to be excluded from juries trying black defendants, 30 Apr 86
