Christopher Nedeau

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  Christopher commented on the article | almost 3 years ago

  The Next Supreme Court Justice

  You all are confusing policy making with judging. Of course we need elected policy makers, i.e.legislators, who reflect diverse values and perspectives of society, but the vast majority of the time, appellate court justices apply existing law, we call it precedent, to the unique facts of each case before them. They are not supposed to be concerned with the broader implications of their decisions but rather the correct outcome for that particular case.  
  That is why it should be irrelevant what is the sexual preference, lifestyle or physical disability of the next Supreme Court Justice. The reason that gender and race are treated differently is because the law has made these two individual distinctions subject to affirmative action in order to correct the historical effects of discrimination. I agree that until there are more persons of color and more women on the Supreme Court, the country has not accomplished its goals of correcting unequal treatment of these specific groups of people.
  But of paramount concern is that the next justice be of outstanding competence in thefield of judging, which is why prior judicial experience is so important. Attempting to ideologically pigeonhole a candidate can be risky as many court appointments turn out to be much more independent-minded than the administration expected.

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  Christopher commented on the article | almost 3 years ago

  The Next Supreme Court Justice

  LGBT or handicapped, you have got to be kidding. Maybe severely impaired or special needs, we got em in Congress and the former just left the White House.