More Data on Justices
This is an interesting chart:
Justice / Years in Private Practice
Rehnquist/ 16
Roberts/ 12
Kennedy/ 12
Scalia /6
Thomas/ 2
O Conner/ 2
Souter/ 0
Ginsburg/ 0
Breyer/ 0
Stevens/ 0
To be fair most of the other candidates being considered for the latest spot also have private practice experience (except Michael Mcconnell).
Justice / Years in Private Practice
Rehnquist/ 16
Roberts/ 12
Kennedy/ 12
Scalia /6
Thomas/ 2
O Conner/ 2
Souter/ 0
Ginsburg/ 0
Breyer/ 0
Stevens/ 0
To be fair most of the other candidates being considered for the latest spot also have private practice experience (except Michael Mcconnell).
posted by Sloanasaurus | 10/05/2005 10:31:00 PM
Sloanasuarus:
I don't see a pattern here. Do you?
And I'm sure you envy my ability to make a nice table.
Have either of you considered charting hair color and genetic histories against voting patterns? Did I miss that one?
You could argue that liberals like working more for government than in the private sector. Thus, perhaps, we should avoid picking candidates who have only worked for the government (or in academia). In the future, Republican senators could use a requirement like this to moderate the judges picked by any Democratic president.
We don't need no more stinking data. Putting Federalist society types on the court always works, putting anyone else on seems not to work out.
Perhaps Bush should go visit the large Buddha before he makes any more mistakes.
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