NYT: A Court Candidate Who Has a Sparse Legal Record (Granholm)

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Doug Mills/The New York Times
It is not clear what kind of legal style Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm of Michigan would take with her to the Supreme Court


Not quite a year after defeating a Republican and becoming Michigan’s first new attorney general in nearly four decades, Jennifer M. Granholm, the highest-ranking and most-talked-about Democrat in the state, faced what turned out to be a defining hurdle...

To some, Ms. Granholm’s legal style, or absence thereof, is a clear asset because it shows that she put the issues of the law ahead of any personal agenda. Despite favoring abortion rights, for instance, she defended the more conservative views of the Republican administration in Michigan in the late 1990s on abortion. In one opinion as attorney general, she stated that taking RU-486, known as the abortion pill, was legally tantamount to having an abortion.

As governor, however, she has generally opposed anti-abortion legislation. She twice vetoed bans on a particular procedure called partial-birth abortion by critics. And while she has stopped short of supporting same-sex marriage, she has ensured legal protection of domestic partnerships and issued an executive nondiscrimination order for state employees.

Supporters say her charisma, empathy and real-world government experience are the qualities she would take to the Supreme Court, currently populated exclusively by former federal appellate judges.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/us/politics/24granholm.html?_r=1

[Clio the Leo]

1. Thanks and every time I hear the President say "real world experience"...

... I cant help but wonder if he has her in mind.

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2. Interesting

Its an interesting thought but the more i think about it the more i start to think it may not be her though. She did cross my mind when the position was first announced but the more i read the more i had 2nd thoughts