Word: judgeships
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Hope's nomination was never considered by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Dole had planned to renominate her for a federal judgeship this year, but Hope contacted him last week and asked that she not be considered, a spokesperson for the senator said...
...abolished. The Dukakis people were ready for that. What they failed to anticipate was that Dukakis would not be sure that even they were as good as he needed. Even legitimate dealings with state agencies were suspect if engaged in by his friends -- Sumner Kaplan was denied a judgeship for which he was clearly qualified. Fran Meaney would have been denied an equally justifiable contract if he had not accepted it at the price of Dukakis' friendship. Michael expected his friends to be above mixing public service and any private gain. Even minor political favors -- summer jobs, special license plates...
...below him was sagging. There was so much grumbling in the Justice Department that a special custodial team was assigned to erase scornful graffiti from the bathrooms and walls. Three of the top leadership posts are vacant. (Assistant Attorney General Stephen Trott has also resigned, to take a federal judgeship...
...would be the youngest Supreme Court Justice since 1939, when William O. Douglas was appointed at 40. "He can be a force on the court for 30 years," says a White House aide. But Ginsburg's inexperience could work against him. When he was seeking confirmation for his federal judgeship last year, the American Bar Association rated him "qualified," its lowest positive ranking...
Until then, there are the perks of fame: access to Che Guevara, an invitation to party with Robert Kennedy and a judgeship at the 1984 Venice Film Festival, where the passionate individualist from the U.S.S.R. succumbs to a cultural bureaucracy in the West...