With nine former federal appellate judges on the current Supreme Court, some are saying: Enough already. Even if President Barack Obama ultimately puts a federal judge on the Court -- as all his predecessors have done since Ronald Reagan named state judge and former legislator Sandra Day O'Connor in 1981 -- the push for more background diversity on the Supreme Court is likely to intensify in advance of the next vacancy.
April 26, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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So where, exactly, is the “judicial monastery” that Washington keeps talking about these days? And why do so many people want President Barack Obama to steer clear of it when picking a replacement for U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens?
More than any other time in recent memory, the drumbeat of politicians and pundits alike against naming another federal appeals court judge to the Supreme Court is running high.
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