Judiciary suffers racial, sexual lack of balance

Article Abstract:

There are many women and minorities in the legal community who would make excellent federal judges, but Reagan and Bush appointments have concentrated on white men. Their appointees have also by and large held narrow, right-wing views on constitutional rights. Another problem with the judicial system is access. Americans too poor to pay for their own legal help need the Legal Services Corp, and both Reagan and Bush have tried to cut out funding for this organization. The legal system is not perfect, but Bush-Quayle efforts to portray it as evil have only driven Americans further apart.

Analysis, Justice, Administration of, Administration of justice

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Advising senators on judges

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Legislators trying to find the most effective way to advise President-elect Bill Clinton on federal judicial appointments can choose between the models of senatorial courtesy and appointing commissions to identify qualified candidates. Past commissions have at times seen executive-legislative dissent about judicial philosophy and diversity, and those favoring the commission system should make sure of each member's dedication to the president's selection criteria and rotate membership to widen participation. Such a commission will heed Clinton's aims of choosing a diversity of judges.

Planning, Clinton, Bill

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How to choose judges

Article Abstract:

The American Judicature Society feels that a bi- or multipartisan nominating commission composed of both lay and legal profession members would be an effective solution for the problems in the current judicial selection system for the US Supreme Court. The members of the commission would be selected by both the president and the Senate. This might prevent the jockeying for power by the president and the Senate and the choosing of judicial candidates according to their views on important social issues such as abortion without giving enough weight to other judicial qualifications.

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