[blindlaw] Stevens Retirement

Sat Apr 10 03:57:23 UTC 2010

It would be great to have a blind judge on the U.S. Supreme Court. I will
miss Judge Stevens very much.

Where can I get information about blind Supreme Court justices who have
become blind while either serving on the Supreme Court or at another time in
their lives? Thanks!
Best Regards,
Susan Tabor, M.S.W., M.P.S.

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From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Dan Frye
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 9:32 PM
To: Scott C. LaBarre; NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Stevens Retirement

Of course, it is interesting to note that several Supreme Court 
Justices who have served have been blind later in their careers.  
I don't think that they truly self-identified as such, except 
possibly for Justice Stone, but several with decided vision 
impairments have served in this capacity.  I offer this just for 
historical interest.

With Kind Regards,

Daniel B.  Frye
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 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott C.  LaBarre" <slabarre at labarrelaw.com
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 15:59:26 -0600
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Stevens Retirement

Tatel can best be described as a moderate leaning slightly to the 
left.  He
is a Clinton appointee to the United States Court of Appeals for 
the
District of Columbia Circuit.  He is the only blind judge on the 
Court of
Appeals and the only possible nominee who has the requisite 
experience to
serve on the Court and who happens to be blind.  Justice Stevens 
is a
well-known liberal and an appointment of another liberal by Obama 
will not
change the make-up of the Court in this instance.  Because of the 
reagan and
two Bush appointments, the Court is still decidedly on the 
conservative
side.  So, I most definitely do not agree that the next 
appointment should
be a conservative one.  Generally, the terms "conservative" and 
"liberal"
as applied to these justices is not really accurate.  They are 
all judicial
activists who bring their political philosophy to the cases 
before them.

Any way to bring this back to matters relevant to this list, I 
think it
would be a tremendous victory for our community if a blind 
justice were
appointed.  Judge Tatel would represent us well and set an 
excellent example
of the competence we are able to achieve.  It'll be interesting 
to see what
happens from here.  Here is a short bio on Judge Tatel from the 
Court's
website.

Judge Tatel was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals 
in October
1994.  He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1963 and 
the
University of Chicago Law School in 1966.  Following law school, 
he taught
for a year at the University of Michigan Law School and then went 
into
private practice with the firm of Sidley & Austin in Chicago.  
>From 1969 to
1970, he served as Director of the Chicago Lawyers' Committee for 
Civil
Rights Under Law, then returned to Sidley & Austin until 1972, 
when he
became Director of the National Lawyers' Committee for Civil 
Rights Under
Law in Washington, D.C.  From 1974 to 1977, he returned to 
private practice
as associate and partner with Hogan & Hartson, where he headed 
the firm's
Community Services Department.  He also served as General Counsel 
for the
newly created Legal Services Corporation from 1975 to 1976.  In 
1977, Judge
Tatel became the Director of the Office for Civil Rights, U.S.  
Department of
Health, Education and Welfare.  He returned to Hogan & Hartson in 
1979, where
he headed the firm's education group until his appointment to the 
D.C.
Circuit.

Scott C.  LaBarre, Esq.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve P.  Deeley" <stevep.deeley at insightbb.com
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Stevens Retirement

 Is he a conservative.  A blind, conservative Supreme Court judge 
would be
 great!
 Steve
 ----- Original Message -----
 From: "Prows, Bennett (HHS/OCR)" <Bennett.Prows at HHS.GOV
 To: <Blindlaw at nfbnet.org
 Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 3:19 PM
 Subject: [blindlaw] Stevens Retirement

 Now that Justice Stevens has announced his retirement, how about 
a
 campaign for David Tatel to become the first blind supreme Court
 justice?  He's qualified, and a judge on the DC circuit Court of
 appeals.

 /s/

 Bennett Prows, J.D.

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