Is the Hofstra Law Dean on the SCOTUS Short List?
Is it possible to be on the short list to fill Justice Souter’s place on the Supreme Court and not even know it? Newsday reports:
Much to her surprise, the dean of Hofstra University Law School woke Sunday morning to find she had just been thrust into the national political conversation as a possible contender for a seat on the United States Supreme Court.National Public Radio speculated that Dean Nora V. Demleitner, 42, of Port Washington, was among those being considered by President Barack Obama for a job on the nation’s highest court.
“I was very surprised in that NPR mentioned me,” Demleitner said in an interview Monday. “It’s an incredible honor to be mentioned.”
Does anybody know how the rumor got started? Even Long Island court watchers seem surprised:
Brian Griffin, former president of the Criminal Courts Bar Association of Nassau County, said he read about Demleitner’s potential candidacy in the newspaper….Demleitner said she was baffled about how her name got mentioned.
“Like everybody else, I know a lot of people who have connections, but I could not begin to imagine who would have done it,” Demleitner said of a possible nomination.
If the dean of Hofstra Law School was actually appointed to the Supreme Court, would she hire clerks from Hofstra? If so, would Justice Scalia’s head simply explode?
The possibilities are tantalizing.
Hofstra law dean honored to be mentioned for Supreme Court [Newsday]
Earlier: Supreme Speculation: And Then There Were Six
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HofsTTTra
FIRST AT HLS!
Nora's an Alito clerk from way back when. Won't happen, although she'd be great.
SCOTUS is overrated.
She looks like the sex therapist from Boston Legal
I would rather stand between a fight between Honored Matres and Bene Gesserit witches than to watch Justice Robert's expression when he gets outvoted by a former Hofstra Dean.
I hear there's a Quinn associate looking for a SCOTUS clerkship...
I can't believe they're letting dogs now be president of the Criminal Courts Bar Association of Nassau County.
Supreme Court is TTT.
Louis Zaccareli
HOFSTRA! HOFSTRA!! HOFSTRA!! HOFSTRA!!
Great. So now we can see SCOTUS clerks wearing loud track suits, jewelry, and greased up hair?
Pretty soon the Court will be TTT.
Great. So now we can see SCOTUS clerks wearing loud track suits, jewelry, and greased up hair?
Pretty soon the Court will be TTT but at least it will have an excellent relationship with the Sanitation Department (of Nassau County).
"I was very surprised in that NPR mentioned me," Demleitner said in an interview Monday. "It's an incredible honor to be mentioned."
Indeed. If NPR mentioned me, I would consider my life complete.
John Roberts actually graduated from Touro night school.
ScrotassLobster
There is no ‘short list’ associated with Hofstra LS.
I think the reporter misprinted the term ‘short bus’.
eeeek! (yumyumyumyum)
Newsday is about as reliable as the Post. This means nothing.
the university of miami school of law collectively laughs at this post
Obama has appointed law deans and law professors to a lot of stuff.
No comment yet from HofstraMagna?
No comment yet from Wayne Chrebet?
obama is a fraud
I guess when Obama won that Presidential debate at Hofstra this was the prize.
Face it kiddies, Hofstra isn't as bad as you all make it seem.
Close to 90% NY bar pass rates, well-respected profs, Dean mentioned for possible SCOTUS seat ...
It's by no means a stellar institution, but it definitely belongs in the 2nd Tier.
Wow, great point, 24. It's so good it's in the SECOND tier. Bring out the champagne!
Hofstra is garbage. Scalia would eat her and probably make her cry day 1
25- You're totally right! Being in the SECOND tier isn't half as good as being in the Third Tier or worse!
All schools outside the T14 are complete crap and no self-respecting attorney would ever graduate from those institutions. In fact, I don't think any attorneys DO graduate from those schools because they are just so pathetic and sad!
moron.
HA! If this comes to pass the posers in law are gonna go batshit. Nino included.
Anyone else think Obama's short list blows??
25- You're totally right! Being in the SECOND tier isn't half as good as being in the Third Tier or worse!
All schools outside the T14 are complete crap and no self-respecting attorney would ever graduate from those institutions. In fact, I don't think any attorneys DO graduate from those schools because they are just so pathetic and sad!
moron.
The Supreme Court. Isn't that the institution that has Clarence Thomas on it? Wow, that's a high standard to meet.
John Roberts would look good without a head.
I would rather try to fight off an entire legion of Sardaukar whilst naked than have someone associated with Hofstra sit on SCOTUS.
25- You're totally right! Being in the SECOND tier isn't half as good as being in the Third Tier or worse!
All schools outside the T14 are complete crap and no self-respecting attorney would ever graduate from those institutions. In fact, I don't think any attorneys DO graduate from those schools because they are just so pathetic and sad!
moron.
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35 - Comment of the day!
27, 30, 34
seriously, you needed to post that crap 3 times?
34 = laid off loser with 200K in debt
Obama loves Hofstra, he debated there..
38-
more like employed nerd with only slightly more than 100k in debt.
27, 30, 34 --
25 here. At least some schools inside the T14 have students smart enough to not hit the post button three times like a confused chimp. You know, unlike yourself.
moron.
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40-
Really? only some schools in the T14 have students smart enough not to hit the post button three times? Not all?
I like how you turned our discussion from the substantive issue (i.e., the quality of the school) to a discussion regarding the slow uploading on ATL.
does not sound credible. 42 is a good age though
WHO CARES!!! Enough w/ this law school prestige bullshit. Anyone who seriously thinks a Harvard student is better than Hofstra is just plain dumb
She went to Yale Law School, graduated summa from undergrad, and clerked for the Third Circuit. I don't think Roberts would have anything to sneeze at in that respect.
I sent my resume to President Obama for a position on the bench. It is one of my three weekly job contacts to stay on unemployment.
Bragging about being in the T14:
a) law student - excusable, but please go away;
b) 1st year associate - worse, but still excused (barely); or
c) non-1st year attorney living in the past - no excuses you pathetic human being.
hofstra, the harvard of long island!
discuss
46, good one, LOl
46, good one, LOl
LOL 46
Do you think the Baron Harkonnen will look favorably on my applying for a position as Siridar-Regent of Arrakis?
God, please make the Dune reference posters go away. This is worse than a PE post combinded with the Restatement 90 schtick.
Given that I have $250,000 in debt and no job, I would prefer (vastly) to play the gom jabbar game with the Bene Gesserit witches rather than listen to the whinings of those who are either too stupid or too ill-educated to value the contributions Dune has made.
44, I spat my drink out on my laptop before i realized you aren't kidding. Fortunately, it still works.
Heads up: Hofstra is the joke of the legal academy. Being from Hofstra is like being from New Jersey.
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slow news day
How about Jimmy Hofstra?
>>>>Being from Hofstra is like being from New Jersey.
Quiz -- which state currently leads the country in Supreme Court Justices?
Elie seems to hate Hofstra, because it is not prestigious enough for him. Elie, you no longer work in big law. You are not a practicing lawyer. You are a blog writer. There is nothing wrong with being a blog writer, but Elie, you might as well have went to Hofstra, because you sure aren't using that HLS degree to do anything that someone who has graduated middle school can't do. So Elie, do us a favor, and leave Hofstra alone. Your insecurities are transparent, and you have bad form old chap. Chill out bro.
daaammm she's on my shortie list
#8 Just to clarify, Brian Griffin is a talking dog, not just any dog. there's a difference.
>>>#8 Just to clarify, Brian Griffin is a talking dog, not just any dog. there's a difference.
So if this talking dog were appointed to the Supreme Court and he was sitting next to Thomas on one end of the bench and a question came from that end of the bench and everyone turned toward where they heard the question --, would people be more surprised to hear the question coming from the dog's mouth or Thomas'?
Great reporting Elie. Neither NPR nor Newsday claimed that Dean Demleitner was on the "short list," yet your publication tries to debunk that straw man.
It would be like someone saying "ATL is a pretty good website" and then someone else saying "I don't believe your contention that ATL is one of the top 3 websites in the country."
hopefully they pick a hot chick for the court and not some ugly gross feminazi like ginsberg
60 - Great point and well written.
55 - If you’re a man, you must have a genuinely small package; if you’re a woman, you must be putridly dry and thoroughly frigid. I went to Hofstra (and I guess I should be maimed for doing so according to you and your inane cohorts here on ATL), work in biglaw and have outlasted and outperformed every T1 colleague that I have ever come across over the last 7 years (and with ease, no less). Why so bitter, tough guy? Ah yes, the small nub. Cheers!
60 - Great point and well written.
55 - If you’re a man, you must have a genuinely small package; if you’re a woman, you must be putridly dry and thoroughly frigid. I went to Hofstra (and I guess I should be maimed for doing so according to you and your inane cohorts here on ATL), work in biglaw and have outlasted and outperformed every T1 colleague that I have ever come across over the last 7 years (and with ease, no less). Why so bitter, tough guy? Ah yes, the small nub. Cheers!
66-67, great post. You are excused for the duplicate.