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What kind of judges should a president appoint?

October 29th, 2008 | Category: Articles by Captain Obvious, Independent, The 2008 Election

It is amazing how a little discussion about a seven year old video will uncover some interesting comments and inspire me to write about the president’s responsibility to appoint judges and how that will shape the country, not just for four years, but for a generation. Most federal judges have lifetime appointments as do the supreme court justices. I plan to discuss the types of judges that can be appointed and which ones are likely to be appointed by each candidate. I may even get into some opinion on why some would be bad. At the end, I hope we know what we are going to be getting in the court system by both presidential candidates.

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