Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - Posts
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Convictions contributors Dahlia Lithwick and Doug Kmiec took to the airwaves today to discuss the California gay-marriage decision on NPR's On Point program. The show also included Crystal Carreon from the Sacramento Bee ; Geoff Kors, executive director Read More...
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Diane , Adam , I wonder if the difference between you is more about the meaning of the term "lawyer's lawyer" than about Chief Justice Roberts. As I have heard the term used, a "lawyer's lawyer" is a lawyer whom the top members of the bar see as a top Read More...
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The Justice Department released its inspector general report (PDF) today clearing the FBI of most wrongdoing in connection with the coercive interrogations (read: torture) of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. For the most part, the report concludes that Read More...
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Adam , I meant neither to endorse "a longtime practitioner" nor to exclude law professors or sitting judges from consideration for court vacancies. Persons holding any of these positions may qualify as "lawyer's lawyers" or, indeed, "judge's judges." Read More...
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Diane, we're in full agreement on the point that the nation would benefit from the appointment of a "lawyer's lawyer" to the Supreme Court . While I can think of a number of federal judges (and even a couple of law professors) who I think would do a fine Read More...
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It's disappointing that neither presumptive presidential nominee names John Paul Stevens as the type of justice whom he'd like to nominate to the U.S. Supreme Court. This is not to say that Stevens, a Republican appointee, belongs in every pantheon of Read More...
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