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The Composition of the Third Circuit

By James M. Beck and Mark Herrmann

Colacicco has been on the books for only one day, and we've already been asked this question several times: What's the political breakdown of the Third Circuit?

There's no natural political constituency for preemption, so we're not quite sure what this tells you, but here's the count: The active judges on the Third Circuit are evenly divided between judges appointed by Democratic presidents and judges appointed by Republicans.

For those desperate for more details:

Scirica: Reagan
Ambro: Clinton
Barry: Clinton
Fisher: Bush II
Fuentes: Clinton
McKee: Clinton
Rendell: Clinton
Sloviter: Carter
Smith: Bush II
Chagares: Bush II
Jordan: Bush II
Hardiman: Bush II

At that point, you're on your own.

Full post as published by Drug and Device Law on April 09, 2008 (boomark / email).