Judges and Judiciary
Jul. 15, 2009
A Judge's Entourage
The paradigm shift toward judges relying heavily on law clerks is troublesome, writes Thomas E. Baker.
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By Thomas E. Baker When I was starting out as a law clerk, my judge and I were in the middle of an animated argument over how a case should be decided. Fresh out of law school, I was blowing and going like a moot courter on steroids. The judge got up from his desk, walked over to the framed certificate of his appointment, stamped with the great seal of the United States and signed by the president. He looked at it, smiled, and said, "...
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