Happy Birthday, Judge Posner
Former Judge Richard Posner turns 79 today.
Judge Richard Posner (screenshot via Public Affairs TV / YouTube)
Judge Posner certainly isn’t acting like a 79-year-old retiree.
Posner may no longer sit on the Seventh Circuit, but Judge Richard Posner isn’t slowing down. After his stunning retirement from the federal bench last year — a move inspired largely by his rift with his colleagues belief that the federal courts are unnecessarily hostile to pro se litigants — Judge Posner dedicated himself to assisting the very pro se litigants he’s concerned about. Just last month, the former judge took on a former pro se litigant’s case himself after the Fourth Circuit refused to let Posner serve the plaintiff in an advisory capacity.
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May your day be Pareto efficient.
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Joe Patrice is an editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. Feel free to email any tips, questions, or comments. Follow him on Twitter if you’re interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news.
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