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Thread: The Sudden and Unexplained Rapture of America’s Federal Judiciary

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    The death record has been broken by senior judge Jackson Kiser aged 91 who was a judge on the Western District Court of Virginia since 1981.

    https://roanoke.com/business/local/j...d733b5d89.html
    "There is a point in the history of a society when it becomes so pathologically soft and tender that among other things it sides even with those who harm it, criminals, and does this quite seriously and honestly. Punishing somehow seems unfair to it, and it is certain that imagining ‘punishment’ and ‘being supposed to punish’ hurts it, arouses fear in it." Friedrich Nietzsche

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    Longtime federal appeals court Judge Juan Torruella dies

    BOSTON — Judge Juan Torruella, who served nearly four decades on the Boston-based federal appeals court and took part in such high-profile rulings as the tossing of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence, died Monday at the age of 87, the court said.

    Susan Goldberg, circuit executive for the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, confirmed Torruella's death. She said she could not provide the cause of death.

    "It is a great loss to the Court of Appeals and the First Circuit. Our hearts go out to his wife and family," Goldberg said in an email.

    Torruella, who was born in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, was appointed to the 1st Circuit in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan, becoming the first Puerto Rican to serve on a U.S. federal appeals court. A decade later, he replaced Judge Stephen Breyer as chief judge of the 1st Circuit when Breyer was elevated to the Supreme Court. Torruella served as chief until 2001.

    Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling called Torruella "a strong advocate for the rights of Puerto Ricans" who "spent his career advocating for their equal rights as U.S. citizens."

    "His insight and passion for the law will be missed," Lelling said in an emailed statement.

    Torruella was part of a three-judge panel that in July unanimously overturned Tsarnaev's death sentence and ordered a new trial to decide whether he should be put to death for the attack that killed three people and wounded more than 260 others. The court said the judge who oversaw Tsarnaev's trial did not adequately screen jurors for potential biases.

    Federal prosecutors have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case.

    In 2015, Torruella dissented as part of a different three-judge panel that ruled that Tsarnaev's case could stay in Massachusetts.

    In a concurring opinion with the decision vacating Tsarnaev's death sentence, Torruella again argued that Tsarnaev's trial should never have been held in Boston, saying if his case didn't merit a change of venue, none would.

    "The physical and emotional wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, and the events of the following week, flooded the residents of the Eastern Division with sorrow, fear, and anger," he wrote. "Few crimes have been as offensive and devastating to an entire community than those committed by the Tsarnaev brothers. But for even the most heinous of offenses, our system of justice demands vigorous protection — both in appearance and fact — of a defendant's right to a fair trial and sentencing."

    Torruella was also on a three-judge panel that last month heard arguments in a case brought by a group that accuses Harvard University of intentional discrimination against Asian American students who apply to the Ivy League school. Students for Fair Admissions is asking the appeals court to overturn a trial-level judge's 2019 decision finding that Harvard does not discriminate against Asian Americans.

    https://www.startribune.com/longtime...ies/572875831/

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    This may be Trump’s only First Circuit opening.

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    Better ram his successor and Kirsch through stat. The ghoul should have retired anyway these past four years.
    Don't ask questions, just consume product and then get excited for next products.

    "They will hurt you. They will hurt your grandma, these people. The root cause of this is there's no discipline in the homes, they don't go to school, you know, they live off the government, no personal accountability, and they just beat people up for no reason, and it's disgusting." - Former Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters

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    The First badly needs a reorganization. It's probably even nuttier than the Ninth.

    However, with so little time left and this being a seat in Puerto Rico, I think it's going to be difficult for the Republicans to fill the gap.

    Let's hope they keep the Senate and the White House.

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    McConnell filed cloture on a District Judge moments after ACB was confirmed. He's going to work through the lame duck session to confirm more judges. Trump has already nominated a judge for Barrett's seat on the 7th. Surely he can nominate someone for this seat too. They have until January 3.
    Don't ask questions, just consume product and then get excited for next products.

    "They will hurt you. They will hurt your grandma, these people. The root cause of this is there's no discipline in the homes, they don't go to school, you know, they live off the government, no personal accountability, and they just beat people up for no reason, and it's disgusting." - Former Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters

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    Barrett’s confirmation probably energizes conservatives way more because Biden has talked about court packing. I’m going on a whim here but Trump more than likely wins re-election. Florida’s early voting looks good for him.

    There are states that could potentially swing to him that didn’t vote for him in 2016. Nevada, Minnesota, and New Hampshire look the most likely to flip into his column during this cycle. Very sad the DP bit the dust in New Hampshire. I hope if Sununu ever got the legislature back he pushes for reinstatement.
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    8 judges have died in the past 54 days including three active judges.
    "There is a point in the history of a society when it becomes so pathologically soft and tender that among other things it sides even with those who harm it, criminals, and does this quite seriously and honestly. Punishing somehow seems unfair to it, and it is certain that imagining ‘punishment’ and ‘being supposed to punish’ hurts it, arouses fear in it." Friedrich Nietzsche

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    South Mississippi federal court judge dies at age 81

    DIAMONDHEAD, Miss. (AP) — A veteran judge who served for 18 years on South Mississippi's federal court has died.

    U.S. Senior District Judge Walter J. Gex III, of Diamondhead, died Thursday at the age of 81, WLOX-TV reports.

    Born in 1939 in Bay St. Louis, Gex earned his law degree from the University of Mississippi Law School in 1963. He was in private practice in offices in Jackson and Bay St. Louis from 1963 to 1986.

    In 1986, Gex was nominated by former President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. He served as federal judge for 18 years. In 2004, he opted to take senior status, a form of semi-retirement for U.S federal court judges that allows them to continue to work part-time.

    In a statement Friday, U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst expressed his condolences for Gex's wife, Kathleen, and his family.

    “Judge Gex was an incredible jurist with a giant personality, a consummate professional and a proud Mississippian and outdoorsman. But most of all, he was always kind and fair, treating people with dignity and respect both inside and outside his courtroom,” said Hurst, who also serves Mississippi's Southern District. “He served his country well, and I am grateful to have known him and practiced before him.”

    Services for Gex will take place on Saturday, Nov. 21 beginning at 10 a.m. at Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Pass Christian. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. at the church, according to WLOX.

    https://www.timesunion.com/news/arti...e-15725735.php

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    Not to sound ghoulish, but why couldn't he have slipped off his mortal coil earlier this year? Now they have to scramble to fill this.
    Don't ask questions, just consume product and then get excited for next products.

    "They will hurt you. They will hurt your grandma, these people. The root cause of this is there's no discipline in the homes, they don't go to school, you know, they live off the government, no personal accountability, and they just beat people up for no reason, and it's disgusting." - Former Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters

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