The dynamics are a little different in the 9th because no judge, other than the chief, is guaranteed a spot on the en banc court.
December 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The dynamics are a little different in the 9th because no judge, other than the chief, is guaranteed a spot on the en banc court.
I'd rather appear before him than a lot of Obama appointees, if I'm representing a criminal defendant in the 9th.
December 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I'd rather appear before him than a lot of Obama appointees, if I'm representing a criminal defendant in the 9th.
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The takeaway here is that there are times when Antonin Scalia valued diversity in elite institutions (when it helped him get a prestigious job he really wanted), and times when he did not (when a Black person got to go to Harvard) ballsandstrikes.substack.com/p/antonin-sc...
Antonin Scalia Was a Diversity Hire
The late justice spent his career ridiculing the notion that elite institutions had any interest in diversity. He might not have made the Supreme Court without it.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The takeaway here is that there are times when Antonin Scalia valued diversity in elite institutions (when it helped him get a prestigious job he really wanted), and times when he did not (when a Black person got to go to Harvard) ballsandstrikes.substack.com/p/antonin-sc...