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I might add, a venerable law professor, with a treatise on Constitutional Law, used at major law schools, who also had a monumental litigation career, would be acceptable.
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I hear you on the geographical diversity, though. Maybe Sid Thomas will surface again. Go Montana! |
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For me the single most important decision is Marbury vs. Madison, as it created our judicial approach to Constitutional law. And in our "generation" the most important helpful decision is Brown vs. Board of Education, decided rightly in result but by the wrong rationale. Roe v. Wade and the rejection of Robert H. Bork, and also Judge Ginsburg back in Reagan years all but guarantees a non-distinguished judiciary. We are poorer for it. My guess is she is a clever, administrative politician. Not somebody I want on the Court, but I doubt we'll see a good, distinguished judiciary again. Once upon a time, I believed, and perhaps again I was deceived, a President often sought to nominate somebody who might help create a legacy for his Presidency. But the Presidents no longer seem to pursue that endeavor. C'est domage. Geographical diversity includes Montana. I imagine there will be a Montanan before a Nevadan sits there. Judicial distinction does not hinge upon political viewpoint. Justice Brennan was distinguished and ran very contrary to my line of thought. Justice Blackmun was not. Chief Justice William Rehnquist was a distinguished jurist, we shall see what becomes of Justice Scalia, certainly bright but he appears to be growing full of himself.
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The whole lack of judicial experience thing is disingenuous. I hate disinigenuousness. How hard do you think it is to write a judicial opnion? For a reasonably strong legal mind, not very. Trying a case is a lot harder. Writing judical opinions is a luxurious way to make a living.
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I have family in the judiciary, have clerked at the trial and appellate level, and have a modest litigation history. To practice being on the bench, with a judicious demeanor is important. A bunch of non-practitioners sitting up there opining how things should be done procedurally? Or how to work with a committee of lawyers to put out something which affects both practitioners, litigants and the public at large requires some experience. Plus a judicial record shows how a judge actually voted and wrote. To be placed in a highly political position with lifetime status warrants being able to review one's body of judicial work. Without that, we only have speculation.
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it's crazy that we give so much power to lawyers in the first place.
they should put someone like me on the court. |
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I don't hide the fact that I am married. Nor that I am Mormon.
I especially don't hide things for political gain. It's kind of bizarre. But it fits with her MO to hive EVERYTHING so that she can have power. I don't trust someone like that. ... Wasn't it Ginsburg who was canned because he admitted to smoking pot in college? And now we have a president who was a drug user, and most likely hard drugs at that. Makes the 80s seem so quaint. |
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You are correct in not trusting somebody who conceals her entire agenda. If she's gay, come out of the closet. We know where she'll vote on the marriage debate.
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