Judicial excellence safeguards all
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Pres Bill Clinton reflects on his achievements maintaining the integrity of the federal judicial system during his first term. He is proud of the intellectual, academic and professional caliber of the federal judges he has appointed. Clinton has appointed 204 judges, which exceeds the number appointed by Ronald Reagan and George Bush. His appointees are more highly rated by the ABA than his three predecessors. Justices Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, his Supreme Court appointees, have already had an influence on the Supreme Court. Clinton has maintained his commitment to the Legal Services Corp and to legal help for those less fortunate.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1996
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Don't forget who brought politics to the bench
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The Democratic Party is to blame for the injection of politics into the process of selecting federal judges, and the media are not being entirely candid by blaming the Republicans for vacancies. The Democratic Party put the mode of judicial selection and confirmation now used into effect during the Bush administration, which ended with 102 vacant federal judgeships blocked by Democratic Senators, without complaints by the press. In the 1980s, the Democrats started denying confirmation even to qualified presidential nominees, just because their views differed from liberal Democratic ones.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1998
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