[blindlaw] Stevens Retirement

Sat Apr 10 20:26:44 UTC 2010

Did you guys know that Judge Tatel was elevated to the D.C Circuit to
replace the vacancy left by Ginsberg when Clinton nominated her the the
Supreme Court?  All the pundits on TV and radio that I've heard seem to
think the nominee to replace Stevens will be a woman because that will give
Obama more leeway in nominating a outlier when it comes time to replace
Ginsberg, probably in the next couple years.

How long has Judge Tatel been blind?  I haven't been able to find that out
anywhere.

Mike

On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 8:57 PM, Susan Tabor <souljourner at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

> 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.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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