An AHA! Moment
January 29, 2010
Opponents of democratic judicial elections held a confab earlier this week at Georgetown Law School featuring – surprise, surprise – former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who has become something of an Empress Dowager to the “merit” selection crowd, popping up to speak from time to time, always earning low bows from the assembled courtiers. (Gavel Grab reported on the event here.)
Justice O’Connor had little new to add to the debate, other than that after the Citizens United ruling now we’ve really, really got to stop people from voting for judges. To me, by far the most interesting statement came from Bert Brandenberg, head of the George Soros Center for a Non-Democratic Judiciary (otherwise known as Justice at Stake), when he raised the issue of judicial recusal standards:
“Recusal is a battle for the soul of the judiciary 20-30 years from now.”
I realize this may not be an aha! moment for everyone, but it confirmed what I’ve been saying for weeks, which is that recusal standards have become a back door way for liberals to try to marginalize conservative judges and shape the composition of our courts, at least in certain cases.
Posted by Dan Pero in the categories: Judicial Elections
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