New op-ed on Alito's nomination
Yesterday Bloomberg published an op-ed of mine on Alito's nomination: "Alito Will Be Hard to Portray as an Extremist." Erwin Chemerinsky wrote the counterpoint. Hopefully, I will be allowed to link to it soon.
My piece noted:Whether it is surveys of lawyers who have practiced before him, academic studies of judicial political independence, his rating by the American Bar Association, or any reading of his opinions, Alito has been a fair and thoughtful judge. No one is going to seriously question his legal background. It's even hard to find any objective measure that would show him to be unqualified or even controversial.
My piece noted:Whether it is surveys of lawyers who have practiced before him, academic studies of judicial political independence, his rating by the American Bar Association, or any reading of his opinions, Alito has been a fair and thoughtful judge. No one is going to seriously question his legal background. It's even hard to find any objective measure that would show him to be unqualified or even controversial.
posted by John Lott at 9:47 AM
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