New study on number of federal judges as former government advocates. Interventionists evade responsibility for their policy disasters.

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September 24, 2019

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Are a Disproportionate Number of Federal Judges Former Government Advocates? ([link removed] )

It has been said that the surest way to become a federal judge is to first be a prosecutor. And it is generally perceived that a disproportionate number of federal judges served as government lawyers before donning a robe. Until now, however, no one had ever examined the professional background of every sitting federal judge to see whether that perception is true. In a new study, Cato scholar Clark Neily went through the federal judiciary judge by judge to test that perception.

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By Clark Neily

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