During the last decade of the Rehnquist Court, for instance, the conservative Clarence Thomas and the arch-liberal John Paul Stevens were almost equally willing to vote to strike down legislation.

• 例如，在伦奎斯特领导联邦最高院的过去十年间，保守的ClarenceThomas和崇尚自由的JohnPaulStevens在投票废止立法的问题上，意愿同样强烈。