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Brannon P. Denning

2012

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The Case Against Appointing Politicians To The Supreme Court, Brannon P. Denning Jan 2012

The Case Against Appointing Politicians To The Supreme Court, Brannon P. Denning

Brannon P. Denning

In this brief comment on Ben Barton's "An Empirical Study of Supreme Court Justice Pre-Appointment Experience," I argue that appointing persons currently or formerly active in partisan politics would likely not benefit the Court as some have claimed and might affirmatively harm the Court as an institution.