I don't know how the appointment of judges works beyond the local level where I vote. What would it take to get Posner appointed to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals? It seems his worldview is much needed there.
Richard Allen Posner (born January 11, 1939) is an American jurist, legal theorist, and economist who is currently a <judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago> and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School. He is an influential figure in the law and economics school of thought.
"Posner has written several opinions sympathetic to abortion rights, including a decision that held that "partial-birth abortion" was constitutionally protected in some circumstances."
Never gonna happen.
(not trying to turn this into an abortion conversation, just saying that once that becomes well-known, no way he gets past the senate)
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[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/30/us/30kagan.html
Kagan Follows Precedent by Offering Few Opinions
Ms. Kagan’s responses, during a long and sometimes tense day of parrying with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, were similar to those of Supreme Court nominees past. But unlike her predecessors, Ms. Kagan wrote a 1995 article calling for judicial nominees to be more forthcoming. On Tuesday, minutes into her testimony, she backpedaled, saying she now believed it would be inappropriate even to answer questions that might “provide some kind of hints” about her views on matters of legal controversy.
The number of justices on SCOTUS isn't set by the Constitution, it's set by Congress. Throughout history there have been as many as 10 and as few as 5 justices.
Is it not odd(?) that USA appoints people with no ideas ever expressed, over peoplel like Posner who actually have something important to say?
Welcome to U.S. politics.