Extreme weather warning the u. N. Says the number of climate related natural disasters has doubled in 20 years and cost the world trillions of dollars. Polo a divided senate u. S. Senate is pressing ahead with the confirmation hearings for a Supreme Court nominee a macone barrett just 3 weeks from the president ial election so republicans are trying to rapidly confirm her and expand the courts conservative majority Supreme Court positions are Lifetime Appointments so judges are expected to serve for decades as the 1st hearing gets underway protesters both for and against barretts confirmation have been chanting outside the courts became vacant after the death of liberal Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg her dying wish was for her replacement to be chosen after the president ial election. Lindsey graham as the republican chair of the Senate Judiciary committee he defended the timing of barretts nomination though the Republican Majority Senate 4 years ago refused to consider Barack Obamas nomi
Criticism and as i am barked on my own legal career i resolved to maintain that same perspective theres a tendency in our profession to treat the practice of law as all consuming while losing sight of Everything Else but that makes for a shallow and unfulfilling life i worked hard as a lawyer and as a professor i owed that to my clients to my students and to myself but i never let the law define my identity or crowd out the rest of my life a similar principle applies to the role of court courts have a vital responsibility to the rule of law which is critical to a free society but courts are not designed to solve every problem or right every wrong in our public life the policy decisions and value judgments of government must be made. The people the public should not expect courts to do so and courts should not try that is the approach that i have strived to follow as a judge on the 7th circuit and every case i have carefully considered the arguments presented by the parties discussed th
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