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If you're not familiar with Judge Posner, you should be. He's been a judge in the Court of Appeals (a set of courts right below the Supreme Court) since 1981. I
by timsally 14y ago
If you're not familiar with Judge Posner, you should be. He's been a judge in the Court of Appeals (a set of courts right below the Supreme Court) since 1981. In addition to being a judge, he is the most cited legal scholar of the 20th century. He's only the only judge on the 7th circuit to reliably send clerks to the Supreme Court (indeed, Lawrence Lessig was one of those clerks). In short, he's an extremely acclaimed and well regarded jurist. And to boot, his opinions are a pleasure to read (http://www.projectposner.org/case/ http://www.projectposner.org/case/) and sometimes quite biting (http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/tmp/LZ19Y7FG.pdf http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/tmp/LZ19Y7FG.pdf).
- flexie 14y agoAnother introduction to Posner is his famous analysis of The Economics of the Baby Shortage in which he argues in favor of creating a legal market for buying and selling babies: http://www.sbm.temple.edu/ccg/documents/adoptionLandesPosner.pdf http://www.sbm.temple.edu/ccg/documents/adoptionLandesPosner... He is an intellectual, no doubt. But with his outspoken views on adoption, abortion, drugs etc. I don't think he will gain much influence outside academic circles. And as much as I would have liked to see him on the Supreme Court, liberal presidents usually don't appoint libertarian justices and conservative presidents don't appoint someone with such outspoken liberal views. Maybe a second term president could have appointed Posner but would he have survived the senate confirmation?
- archon 14y agoThat PDF link is a 404.
- macchina 14y agoIt's Gonzalez-Servin v. Ford Motor Co. wherein Posner chastised the plaintiffs' attorneys for ignoring certain unfavorable case law. The published opinion contains images of an ostrich and a lawyer burying their heads in the sand. http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca7/11-1665/11-1665-2011-11-23-opinion-2011-11-23.html http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca7/11-...