Eugene Volokh Quotes

The sense is that he is very highly qualified and has an excellent judicial temperament, which means he is seen as a calm and thoughtful person, which is what you want in a judge

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Lawyers tend to have something credible to say about an important subject. Lawyers have been educated about the legal system, which people are interested in.

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Government has to have the flexibility to say, 'We're going to dismiss this person, not because we think he's disloyal but because we think he is [for example] a bad lawyer,'

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But they were gathering dust in some courthouse basement. These things were technically accessible, but unless you had a lot of time or could afford to hire a private detective to go look this stuff up, they were effectively secret from you.

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There's just no way that Apple can win.

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