Of course, the Federalist Society is a function of the corporatist drive to subvert politics to the desires of CEOs following the Powell Memorandum in the ‘70’s. However there is a more pernicious problem in the appointment of federal judges and especially on the Supreme Court. That problem is the “professionalization” of the justices. I…
Of course, the Federalist Society is a function of the corporatist drive to subvert politics to the desires of CEOs following the Powell Memorandum in the ‘70’s. However there is a more pernicious problem in the appointment of federal judges and especially on the Supreme Court. That problem is the “professionalization” of the justices. In ages past we selected justices not only from among former law clerks and law school professors, but also from run of the mill politicians and litigators, people who had a broad experience in life. For example, Earl Warren was just a Republican hack and former California Attorney General (where he colluded with the internment of Japanese Americans) and Governor. But when he was appointed Chief Justice, his ability to see beyond the law as an abstraction allowed him to realize how twisted with racism our laws had be one and he was able to create the Brown v. Board of Education decision, among many others, to right wrongs.
But now we select all of our judges solely from the ranks of law professors or professional judge staff, people who instinctively see law as an intellectual abstraction and really do not care or understand how decisions actually affect the public.
This Trump decision is actually not an example of professionalized judging because this particular majority actually do understand what they are up to, but feign to not understand the results of their decision. In a perverse way, they are taking cover in the professionalization of judging so they can pretend that they don’t see what all the fuss is about.
An interesting concept. I'm not sure about the 'professionalism of the six injustices' It seems to me they are more invested in Project 2025 than trump
Of course, the Federalist Society is a function of the corporatist drive to subvert politics to the desires of CEOs following the Powell Memorandum in the ‘70’s. However there is a more pernicious problem in the appointment of federal judges and especially on the Supreme Court. That problem is the “professionalization” of the justices. In ages past we selected justices not only from among former law clerks and law school professors, but also from run of the mill politicians and litigators, people who had a broad experience in life. For example, Earl Warren was just a Republican hack and former California Attorney General (where he colluded with the internment of Japanese Americans) and Governor. But when he was appointed Chief Justice, his ability to see beyond the law as an abstraction allowed him to realize how twisted with racism our laws had be one and he was able to create the Brown v. Board of Education decision, among many others, to right wrongs.
But now we select all of our judges solely from the ranks of law professors or professional judge staff, people who instinctively see law as an intellectual abstraction and really do not care or understand how decisions actually affect the public.
This Trump decision is actually not an example of professionalized judging because this particular majority actually do understand what they are up to, but feign to not understand the results of their decision. In a perverse way, they are taking cover in the professionalization of judging so they can pretend that they don’t see what all the fuss is about.
An interesting concept. I'm not sure about the 'professionalism of the six injustices' It seems to me they are more invested in Project 2025 than trump
Chump is a placeholder, and too stupid to know it.