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The Bush Judicial Legacy, by the Numbers

By Steve Hall

That's the title of Tony Mauro's report at National Law Journal.  LINK  Here's an excerpt:The latest issue of Judicature is out, and it offers the most comprehensive empirical look yet at the judicial legacy of former President George W. Bush. The always valuable magazine published by the American Judicature Society comes to the conclusion that "his judicial legacy may well be Bush's most enduring accomplishment," as one article puts it. Through 59 confirmed appointments to appeals courts, 261 to the district courts and two to the Supreme Court, "They definitely achieved the goal of moving the federal bench in a conservative direction," says longtime Judicature editor David Richert. University of Massachusetts political scientist Sheldon Goldman, who has been analyzing the demographics of judicial appointees for decades, was the leading author of a study in the magazine that concludes that Bush's legacy is that of "a highly professionally qualified diverse judiciary,' but it was achieved through a politicized and confrontational selection and confirmation process...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on July 23, 2009 (boomark / email).