We came across this wonderful article on Judge Illana Diamond Rovner, the first woman on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Appointed by Ronald Wilson Reagan, she is everything a great judge should be. She has an amazing life story starting with her parents fleeing the Nazis six weeks after she was born in 1938. Her father was able to immigrate from Latvia and save his family's life. This was back when the United States was a beacon of freedom to the world and immigration was not a dirty word. (And yes we are well aware of the abject failures of the Roosevelt administration to do more to allow more people fleeing Nazism into the United States, but we can celebrate the success of this immigrant Judge).
We recommend you read the article. Particularly striking is her recollection of her and two other women sitting in the first row of law school at Georgetown and the idiot professor telling them on the first day of class that he wore a black armband when women were admitted and he would not be calling on any of them. Or her experiences being a supervisor in the Department of "Justice" and male colleagues walking out because they would not accept being supervised by a woman.
This all happened in our lifetime. This is not 100 years ago. It was a time before Starbucks and IG and Door Dash so we get that the 30 something DeSantis judges cannot relate to her experience- especially being a dirty foreign female immigrant and all.* But like it or not we are all sitting in the shade of an oak tree from acorns that Judge Illana Diamond Rovner planted. And we are all better off for it.
* We do not condone this language. We use it to show how the presidential candidate of the same party as Ronald Reagan who at least 40%-45% of the American Public plan on supporting speaks about immigrants and immigration. Because in their world the next Judge Diamond Rovner cannot come from Mexico or Nicaragua or Honduras. In fact, just spit balling here, but if they had a chance to vote on banning any person not born in the United States from being a judge, is there any doubt in your mind they would do so and the DeSantis- Maga-Federalist Society idiots would all jump on board?
And yes we call the federalist society a bunch of idiots because we were there when it was formed and we know that the foundation of the group was based on certain philosophical and epistemological principles like what is a right and where does it come from that these fed-soc puppies with their tongues hanging out have never read or even heard about. They just want to be told to sit up, give their paw, be patted on the head and made a judge. It makes us sick.
9 comments:
Rumpole. You continue to confuse illegal immigration - violating the law … with immigration in the past when people applied from their home country, got visas and entered legally.
The Federalist Society; hardly a training ground for future judges but a totally inferior, tunnel-vision school of thought that places the judges in an i relatable la la land It’s not the minor league preparing for the big show , more like a street fighter thinking that’s training to be a professional fighter Yea , its so easy to be a bully but let’s see you compete with a real fighter Perkins is the epitome of the failure of The Federalist society
Wow!! If allowing uncontrolled hordes of people to cross our border with their diseases and criminal backgrounds is good for America, count me out. This country desperately needs LEGAL immigration. That is, people who will contribute postively to our society instead of tearing it down. If you feel so strongly about it Rump, why don't you take about, say, ten of these so called immigrants and put them up at your home and see if you are not dancing to a differnt tune.
Great article. Hard to believe Judge Rovner was appointed to her positions by Republican Presidents. Don't think that would happen today, which, I guess gets to your point about the Scalia-created Federalist Society with its emphasis on history and "tradition." Judge Rovner probably had Republican credentials, but it's interesting that she chose to retire now and give Biden the opportunity to appoint her successor on the 7th Circuit.
Not to be confused with the great 1990’s Miami Judge Eileen Dover?
She was great!
@142 - like when Ronald Reagan amnestied 12 million undocumented immigrants - effectively every undocumented immigrant that entered the country before Jan 1 1984?
Or like the huge waves of Irish and German immigrants who DID NOT have to apply for a visa? https://history.state.gov/milestones/1921-1936/immigration-act
The US had a totally and completely open border with no immigration limitations until 1924 - that's more than half of the existence of this country.
Joe Perkins means well but, is simply not meant to be a judge.
10:03, don't forget about the original 13 colonies of undocumented immigrants, commemorated on our flag.
May I mention the working conditions at the SAO is so bad it should be illegal.
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