That's according to the BLT. Totally ridiculous. The 10th Circuit nominee was supported by both parties and yet the Senate won't confirm because of election year politics. Absurd.
Rumpole is asking about the all-time great judges. I'm biased -- hands down it's Judge Edward B. Davis. Everything you could ever want from a judge. Fair, treated lawyers and clients with respect, funny when appropriate... didn't care about stats, or pushing cases, or reversals. Just cared about doing the right thing in the right way.
On a different topic, here's an article about an army trial in which the jury acquitted the defendant on some serious charges and convicted on lessers. According to the article, the military jury will conduct a sentencing hearing and then sentence the defendant. I absolutely love this idea and think we should use it in federal court, at least as a recommendation. The jury -- which has heard the actual evidence -- is much better able than the federal sentencing commission to give advice to the federal judge as to the appropriate sentence. Agree?
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
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