One of America’s top abortion rights lawyers was just confirmed as a federal judge
One of America’s top abortion rights lawyers was just confirmed as a federal judge
Julie Rikelman, the abortion rights movement’s top Supreme Court litigator, will serve on the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Good
Genuinely asking, is having her as a federal judge better than having her continue to litigate cases? The article even says she's unlikely to see many of more important cases due to her representing a rather liberal district.
It depends. For example, depending on the situation, one could shop for them as a specific judge. That's a really unfair and immoral thing to do though, so nobody does that...
Wouldn't this at least advance her career for a possible SCOTUS nomination?
Judges have way more power than lawyers. The more sane, liberal judges we have is very good for our democracy.
Federal rulings set a legal precedent and can then be used in future rulings. So all of her court decisions can/will be used in the future to convince judges to make similar rulings.
I forgot this was a thing! hope it doesn't happen.
Fucking finally confirming judges again