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To: Lane3 who wrote (67521)5/21/2008 5:53:39 PM
From: Rambi  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 540934
 
Interesting article. 41 of the 109 justices have no judicial experience, though I don't know how many had no legal experience at all. For instance, WArren had 18 years as a prosecutor.

I noticed at the end they mention that:

The difference between Louis Brandeis and Harriet Miers (who was the subject of this article) is that Louis Brandeis was an academic lawyer," says Stefanie Lindquist, a professor of law and political science at Vanderbilt University. "He wrote some very influential law review articles while he was in private practice. So he established intellectual credentials to serve on the court before he was elevated."

She adds, "That is something we are missing with Harriet Miers. We really don't have any paper trail that establishes any intellectual credentials."

I have no idea whether Hillary wrote law review or articles while in practice. I don't doubt her intelligence at all. She's just not my first choice, and I hate the idea of "reward".



To: Lane3 who wrote (67521)5/21/2008 8:05:20 PM
From: Cogito  Respond to of 540934
 
>>Nearly half of justices had no prior experience on the bench.<<

Karen -

I did not know that. Thanks for the information.

- Allen



To: Lane3 who wrote (67521)5/21/2008 8:05:20 PM
From: Cogito  Respond to of 540934
 
>>Nearly half of justices had no prior experience on the bench.<<

Karen -

I did not know that. Thanks for the information.

- Allen



To: Lane3 who wrote (67521)5/21/2008 9:13:30 PM
From: JohnM  Respond to of 540934
 
long history of nonjudge justices.

Thanks for the info. I was aware of John Marshall and Earl Warren with no judicial experience before appointment but had no idea there were that many. And was also aware that it was not a criteria.

As for Clinton's legal experience, by all accounts she was a terrific lawyer. I think she either won some sort of ABA award or was chair of several rather important committees.


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