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2010-02-13 Home Front: Culture Wars

Race & Gender of Judges Make Enormous Differences in Rulings, Studies Find

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Posted by gorb 2010-02-13 03:48|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 University of Pittsburgh School of Law Professor Pat K. Chew, who co-authored the racial harassment study, said she found "the rule of law is intact" in the cases she reviewed. Judges--no matter which side they ruled for--took the same procedural steps to reach their decisions, she said.

It's just "intact" for some a bit more than others.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-02-13 04:44|| 2010-02-13 04:44|| Front Page Top

#2 You and her use different definitions of "racism", Besoeker.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2010-02-13 04:50|| 2010-02-13 04:50|| Front Page Top

#3 You are certainly correct g(r)om. If the study is valid, it simply highlights the fact that in a land where justice was designed to be blind, judicial diversity impacts legal outcomes.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-02-13 05:14|| 2010-02-13 05:14|| Front Page Top

#4 All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

"We don't need no stinking Constitution" - your diverse Federal judiciary.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-02-13 09:23|| 2010-02-13 09:23|| Front Page Top

#5 We need more wise latinas?

Posted by Muggsy Glink 2010-02-13 13:08|| 2010-02-13 13:08|| Front Page Top

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Posted by tipper 2010-02-13 22:25|| 2010-02-13 22:25|| Front Page Top

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