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Judges and Judiciary

Aug. 1, 2000

Picking the Best

Theodore Roosevelt's appointment of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. to the high court shows no one can really predict how someone will act once the black robe goes on.

        By Douglas G. Carnahan
        
        California's governor, and the Congress of the United States, have been criticized lately for what is said to be their slowness in making judicial appointments.
        But such deliberateness only means that the appointing power is concerned tha...

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