Reports of her left-wing outburst at Harvardin Junehaven't damaged Linda Greenhouse's in-house reputation for reliable newsgathering. Monday'shum-drum lead, "Roberts Court May Be Defined In Second Term - Will Face Divisive Issues [1]," is penned by thepaper's now-infamous SupremeCourt reporter, last seen at her Harvard alma mater [2]spouting, among other things, that"our government had turned its energy and attention away from upholding the rule of law and toward creating law-free zones at Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib, Haditha, and other places around the world."
Lucianne.com [3]suspects the prominent placement of this evergreentype ofstory is a pledge of support, "more of a there-there to Linda Greenhouse than news you can use."