Giuliani's Judges
Mike Rappaport
Rudy Giuliani just moved a bit closer to getting my support with his announcement of an advisory committee on legal matters. The group is filled with excellent people. (I have worked for or with several of these people.) Here is the list, courtesy of Powerline:
Chairman of Justice Advisory Committee:
Ted Olson, former Solicitor General of the United States
Members:
Miguel Estrada, former Assistant to the Solicitor General of the United States
Steven Calabresi, Co-Founder of the Federalist Society
Larry Thompson, former Deputy Attorney General of the United States
Charles Fried, former Solicitor General of the United States
Carol Dinkins, former Deputy Attorney General of the United States
Maureen Mahoney, former Deputy Solicitor General of the United States
Doug Cox, former Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the United States
Marc Mukasey, former Assistant U.S. Attorney
Dan Webb, former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois
Bart Schwartz, former Chief of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York
Michael Mukasey, former Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Ron Cass, former Dean, Boston University School of Law
Jason Barclay, former Counsel and Policy Director to Governor Mitch Daniels (R-IN)
Randy Mastro, former Deputy Mayor of New York City
Howard Wilson, former Commissioner of Investigation for New York City
Daniel Rodriguez, former Dean, University of San Diego School of Law
George Priest, Professor of Law and Economics, Yale University
Walter Olson, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
That's too big for a real committee. A committee to do business should number no more than 11, including the chairman. Otherwise the businesss migrates elsewhere.
Posted by: dearieme | July 18, 2007 at 06:51 AM
for what it's worth, a stray comment from an Althouse thread:
Simon said...
/Tangent:
Personally, I could live with a situation in a few years when we're seeing opinions headed with something like this: "Calabresi, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C.J., and Scalia, Thomas, Alito, Sykes, and PRAKASH, JJ., joined. Kagan, J., filed a dissenting opinon, in which Souter, J., joined." (emphasis mine)
http://althouse.blogspot.com/2007/07/kim-wardlaw-2009-for-souter-deval.html
Sam no more
Posted by: enemyofthepeople | July 18, 2007 at 02:10 PM
I had the distinct impression you were already solidly in Giuliani's camp. Hmmm... It is nice that some conservatives are throwing wieght behind Giuliani, but for voters who want strict constructionist judges, how can we trust a candidate who says he wants strict constructionist judges but also says it would be okay if Roe v. Wade is just viewed as precedent and upheld? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070718/ap_on_el_pr/giuliani_iowa
Maybe one of those distinguished gentlemen above should point out to Giuliani that public funding for abortion is not a right either. http://www.mymanmitt.com/mitt-romney/2007/04/giuliani-supports-taxpayer-funded.asp
Posted by: Katherine | July 18, 2007 at 02:53 PM
No, I am not solidly behind Giuliani. Just leaning towards him, as opposed to Romney. And if one includes Thomspon, I would say I have no strong preference between the two of them. Of course, none of this is to say that I am enthusiastic about any of them. No Reagans are running this time.
I recognize that Giuliani's record does not entirely comport with the views of his advisory group. I take the composition of the group to be an indication that he is signalling that he will let "the conservatives" have a lot of input on judicial appointments.
Posted by: Mike Rappaport | July 18, 2007 at 05:21 PM
Cheers for D. Rod.
Posted by: JD | July 18, 2007 at 05:43 PM