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: Legal Ethics ForumEthics Issues for Supreme Court Nominees
Other web sites are discussing what commentators want in a Supreme Court nominee. What about ethics? What would you look for in a nominee? What characteristics or experiences in a nominee would improve the judiciary? For example, if a nominee has not been a judge or elected official for a long time (e.g. the nominee is or recently was a lawyer, law professor, etc.) does it matter what the nominee has done by way of pro bono representation of persons of limited means? Another issue: should a nominee be required to agree to sell all individual stocks to avoid future recusals on the Court? Perhaps the White House should hear your views, and perhaps here.
Full post as published by Legal Ethics Forum on April 12, 2010 (boomark / email).
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