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Chicago-Kent Law Review Volume 88 Issue 2 The Supreme Court and the American Article 12 Public April 2013 Beyond the Opinion: Supreme Court Justices and Extrajudicial Speech Christopher W. Schmidt IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/cklawreview Part of the Law and Politics Commons, Legal History Commons, and the Supreme Court of the United States Commons Recommended Citation Christopher W. Schmidt, Beyond the Opinion: Supreme Court Justices and Extrajudicial Speech, 88 Chi.- Kent L. Rev. 487 (2013). Available at: https://scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/cklawreview/vol88/iss2/12 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Scholarly Commons @ IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in Chicago-Kent Law Review by an authorized editor of Scholarly Commons @ IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. 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