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First, let me say that Judge Reinhardt was a true public servant and patriot. May he Rest In Peace.
Now, that said (and I meant it), let me say I couldn’t disagree more with anyone’s judicial philosophy or interpretation of the Constitution than I did with Judge Reinhardt. Even if I agreed with a ruling, I would disagree vehemently with his reasoning for the ruling in that no single man could take plain English in the Constitution and reinterpret it to mean the exact opposite of what a plain textual reading would mean.
Now to the thread topic. Who else thinks that the Democrats are rethinking the wisdom of allowing Harry Reid to destroy the filibuster for Presidential appointments, especially to the federal bench? What impact will Trump and McConnell have long term on the federal courts?
WASHINGTON — In the spring of 2014, a friend tried to nudge Judge Stephen Reinhardt, then an 83-year-old liberal stalwart on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, into stepping aside from full-time duties so President Barack Obama could nominate a successor.
The friend, Erwin Chemerinsky, now the dean at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, said he had gently suggested to Judge Reinhardt that he and another longtime liberal figure on the San Francisco-based court make way while Democrats still had the power to assure that jurists with a similar philosophy would take their place. Judge Reinhardt swiftly rejected that notion and stayed on.
Now Judge Reinhardt, who died this past week at age 87, could very well be replaced by a nominee chosen by President Trump. The president suddenly has a chance to seat a judge with a markedly different judicial outlook, giving conservatives a greater voice on the liberal-leaning court, which has been a particular thorn in Mr. Trump’s side.
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First, let me say that Judge Reinhardt was a true public servant and patriot. May he Rest In Peace.
Now, that said (and I meant it), let me say I couldn’t disagree more with anyone’s judicial philosophy or interpretation of the Constitution than I did with Judge Reinhardt. Even if I agreed with a ruling, I would disagree vehemently with his reasoning for the ruling in that no single man could take plain English in the Constitution and reinterpret it to mean the exact opposite of what a plain textual reading would mean.
Now to the thread topic. Who else thinks that the Democrats are rethinking the wisdom of allowing Harry Reid to destroy the filibuster for Presidential appointments, especially to the federal bench? What impact will Trump and McConnell have long term on the federal courts?
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