Judge Chertoff
Well, if Judge Chertoff is good enough for the Volokhians, he's good enough for me. The Weekly Standard has posted some of his writings on the legal response to the war, and the hideous International Criminal Court, and both are very encouraging.
I've always got some concern when people switch branches like that. Earl Warren drifted from moderate conservativism to pretty severe liberalism under the influence of William Brennan, and judges frequently don't have the administrative skills to run large departments (remember Judge Webster at CIA?).
Chertoff's experience as a prosecutor should serve him well in a sensitive Cabinet position, always under scrutiny for both effectiveness and respect for civil rights.
Posted by joshuasharf at January 11, 2005 03:44 PM
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