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Judge Stephen Reinhardt's Footnote Five

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Today in a fascinating criminal case, Judge Stephen Reinhardt inserted an interesting footnote into his concurring opinion. After critizing the Ninth Circuit and Supreme Court for making up the defintions of words - i.e., engaging in judicial activism - in order to affirm criminal convictions, he wrote: Other ways, of course, [to earn more public trust and respect than we are accorded now] would be to describe our function more honestly than representing that we simply apply law to facts and nothing more, and by acknowledging frankly that empathy is truly an essential quality for a jurist.United States v. Hickey, No. 05-1004, Slip op at 12264 (9th Cir. Sept 2, 2009) (here). That's quite the shout out to Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Now that you're paying attention, please endure some tedium...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on September 02, 2009 (boomark / email).

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