[NormsRevenge]

U.S. District Judge Dean Whipple

Reagan appointee 1987

[SmithL]

Justice Clarence Thomas

Bush (41) appointee 1991

[Agrarian]

Republicans generally stink at appointing sound judges and justices: Warren, Brennan, Blackmun, Burger, Souter, Kennedy, O'Conner...

No surprises here.

Of course, the fact that the GOP gets it right about a third of the time is better than the Dems, who appoint badness 100% of the time, but it is still pretty discouraging.

[zerosix]

Whipple (really dense guy) also threw out the conviction of internet sexual predator who thought he was arranging a meeting for sex with a child.

Gotta love this guy - no matter what the voters, who elect representatives, want, no matter what the elected representatives vote on and is signed into law by the elected representative of the entire state want (Governor), he, just a guy in a black robe, knows best.

[George from New England]

Seems like "the system" is self-corrupting. He may have been a clean appointment for President Reagan at the time but years of inside and behind the scenes wrangling has made him unfit for the seat.

Removal is in order.