ATL Reader Poll: Who's Your Favorite First Circuit Judge?
In reviewing our coverage of the federal judiciary, we noticed that we don't give the First Circuit enough love. For those of you who haven't memorized this map, the 1st Circuit includes four New England states and Puerto Rico.
Perhaps we don't cover the First Circuit that much due to its small size. With spots for only six active judges, it's the smallest of the thirteen U.S. courts of appeals. Or maybe we don't write much about it because it's a fairly collegial court -- and we like to cover benchslappery.
Regardless of the reasons for it, we'd like to remedy this deficiency in our court coverage. As a first step towards that goal, we bring you this rather random reader poll:
We also invite you to send to us, by email, any good gossip or fun facts about the First Circuit and its members. Thanks!
Update (12:15 PM): As pointed out by this comment, and confirmed in his FJC bio, Judge Bruce Selya took senior status a few days ago (this past Sunday).
We'll leave Judge Selya in the poll, because many votes have already been cast, and removing him would screw up the results. But if Judge Selya gets the most votes, we'll declare him the "honorary" winner, and name the runner-up as your favorite active First Circuit judge.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit [official website]
(4) Comments
I predict that Boudin will run away with this, since he's the biggest feeder judge (as readers of ATL surely know).
But Lynch is cool too. Ice cold...
When did Connecticut secede from New England?
(Just noticed that you fixed the mistake)
Since January 1 of this year, Judge Selya has gone senior, and there are now only five active judges on the circuit.
They're all pretty fucking lame, as circuit judges go. The First is the the other circuits as Manitoba and Sasketchewan are to the US -- cold, boring, homogeneous, and sparsely populated.