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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Genuinely asking, is having her as a federal judge better than having her continue to litigate cases? The article even says she's unlikely to see many of more important cases due to her representing a rather liberal district.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Judges have way more power than lawyers. The more sane, liberal judges we have is very good for our democracy.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Federal rulings set a legal precedent and can then be used in future rulings. So all of her court decisions can/will be used in the future to convince judges to make similar rulings.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It depends. For example, depending on the situation, one could shop for them as a specific judge. That's a really unfair and immoral thing to do though, so nobody does that...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Wouldn't this at least advance her career for a possible SCOTUS nomination?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I forgot this was a thing! hope it doesn't happen.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Fucking finally confirming judges again