Comments on: Me, Justice Stevens, and the Dublin Marathon

By: Spencer Weber Waller

Spencer Weber Waller — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:28:44 +0000

Roberts was head of appellate litigation for Hogan & Hartson prior to his appointment to SCOTUS. Kennedy also practiced for some time, but was in substantial part a lobbyist in Sacramento prior to his appointment to the bench. Stevens remains the only current Justice whose primary practice prior to the bench was as a civil litigator who actually tried cases.

By: Will Baude

Will Baude — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:31:55 +0000

Do you mean civil-trial litigator? The Chief Justice was an appellate litigator for years; Justice Alito litigated criminal cases on behalf of the United States. And anyway, Justice Sotomayor litigated civil cases before she became a judge, as well as criminal ones.

By: Orin Kerr

Orin Kerr — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:56:47 +0000

Kennedy was a litigator, too.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:38:21 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_G._Roberts

Roberts was a litigator for quite some time

By: Friday Round-up | SCOTUSblog

Friday Round-up | SCOTUSblog — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:18:25 +0000

[...] Concurring Opinions, Spencer Waller recaps a recent C-Span podcast interview with Justice Stevens, highlighting the [...]

By: Mike Zimmer

Mike Zimmer — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:55:16 +0000

Spencer, Great post. My most vivid remembrance of Justice Stevens was his speech at the inaugural Fairchild Lecture at the University of Wisconsin. He was on the 7th circuit when he got that call about his nomination for the Supreme Court. Judge Fairchild was, according to him, the first person he turned to. And, according to him, Tom Fairchild was the only one keeping his head on straight in all the excitement. At one point, Justice Stevens said he asked , “Why me?” Fairchild responded, “Your the only antitrust litigator here and the most conservative member of this court.” Stevens, said something to the effect, “Oh, yah, I forgot that.” His speech was a warm, witty and personal presentation. It showed that he is just the kind of person I want on the Court. Tom Fairchild thought so too.