Robert Bork once said serving on the Supreme Court would be “an intellectual feast.” On Monday night, by contrast, Justice David Souter said he undergoes a “sort of annual intellectual lobotomy” when the Supreme Court term begins in October, a condition that he said lasts until the end of the term the following summer.
It was an offhand remark by Souter, made in service of a larger point before an audience of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in Washington, D.C.: that Americans need to develop a “habit of mind” that includes reading books — which, he implied, becomes very hard for him to do during the bustle of a Supreme Court term. “I cram what I can into the summertime,” Souter said.
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