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Judicial Experience and Judicial Selection

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A thought in response to Josh.

Orin S. Kerr | 10.29.2025 3:42 AM

In his post on why a President or Governor might select a judicial nominee who has no prior judicial experience, Josh suggests that it may be because you can get better insights into the non-judge's views of the law based on the cases they have litigated as a lawyer:

One possible reason is that lawyers get to pick their cases. By........

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