RE: POTUS Appointed Judges: How Big a Deal?
April 5, 2016 at 6:25 am
(This post was last modified: April 5, 2016 at 6:25 am by vorlon13.)
Presumably circuit court judges "don't like" to be overruled by SCOTUS and since they don't know which cases they might be involved with might later be heard at that level, I'm thinking SCOTUS does have some significant sway with the rulings at the circuit level.
As for presidential appointees at either level, I'm again reminded of David Souter who was supposedly vetted thoroughly enough to be considered comfortably conservative, and did a near full 180 when later appointed to the Supreme Court, much to the horror of the conservatives who backed him. And note, this situation can occur to someone who is apparently 'liberal' too, so there is always that joker in the deck when a president makes an appointment.
I'd actually like another 'Kennedy' on the court (a wild card if you will) as the current Kennedy there, as a wild card on an otherwise 4-4 court has WAY too much power and I think the answer to that is more uncertainty.
As for presidential appointees at either level, I'm again reminded of David Souter who was supposedly vetted thoroughly enough to be considered comfortably conservative, and did a near full 180 when later appointed to the Supreme Court, much to the horror of the conservatives who backed him. And note, this situation can occur to someone who is apparently 'liberal' too, so there is always that joker in the deck when a president makes an appointment.
I'd actually like another 'Kennedy' on the court (a wild card if you will) as the current Kennedy there, as a wild card on an otherwise 4-4 court has WAY too much power and I think the answer to that is more uncertainty.
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