TurboTurbo ( @mosthated@feddit.nl ) English17•2 years agoGood
JeSuisUnHombre ( @JeSuisUnHombre@lemm.ee ) English17•2 years agoGenuinely asking, is having her as a federal judge better than having her continue to litigate cases? The article even says she’s unlikely to see many of more important cases due to her representing a rather liberal district.
SoupOfTheDay ( @SoupOfTheDay@kbin.social ) 8•2 years agoFederal rulings set a legal precedent and can then be used in future rulings. So all of her court decisions can/will be used in the future to convince judges to make similar rulings.
demvoter ( @demvoter@kbin.social ) 7•2 years agoJudges have way more power than lawyers. The more sane, liberal judges we have is very good for our democracy.
ArtZuron ( @ArtZuron@beehaw.org ) English6•2 years agoIt depends. For example, depending on the situation, one could shop for them as a specific judge. That’s a really unfair and immoral thing to do though, so nobody does that…
HandsHurtLoL ( @HandsHurtLoL@kbin.social ) 6•2 years agoWouldn’t this at least advance her career for a possible SCOTUS nomination?
WiggyJiggyJed ( @WiggyJiggyJed@kbin.social ) 2•2 years agoI forgot this was a thing! hope it doesn’t happen.
smokinjoe ( @smokinjoe@kbin.social ) 7•2 years agoFucking finally confirming judges again