Trump judge nominee, who has never tried a case, wins approval of Senate panel

Trump judge nominee, who has never tried a case, wins approval of Senate panel(latimes.com)

1 points by hrshtr 8 years ago

masonic 8 years ago |

This isn't that unusual.

For example, when California Governor Jerry Brown appointed Rose Bird to be his Chief Justice of the state of California, she had never been a judge at any level -- not even traffic court.

She was later removed from the judiciary altogether by the voters.

masonic 8 years ago | |

For that matter, Justice Ruth Nader Ginsberg was nominated straight to the Court of Appeals without ever having been a state or municipal judge, let alone as a Federal Circuit court judge.