Legal sincerity

[Scarberry, Mark]

Judge Lewis in Leon County--a Democrat who upheld Katherine Harris's
decision.
Judge Jorge LaBarga in Palm Beach County--a Republican who encouraged the
canvassers to look at dimples.
Judge Burton in Palm Beach County--a Democrat who as far as I can see has
tried to be scrupulously fair even when it cost Al Gore votes.

Mark S. Scarberry
Pepperdine University School of Law
mark.scarberry at pepperdine.edu


-----Original Message-----
From: Frank Cross [mailto:crossf at MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU]
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 5:02 AM
To: CONLAWPROF at listserv.ucla.edu
Subject: Legal sincerity


I've been looking for people who have taken positions contrary to their
political interest or ideology on legal issues in Florida.  I don't count
the Dems on the military ballots, because they seem to be walking a thin
line and assessing their interests as time passes.
I've found one -- William F. Buckley wrote a column accurately predicting
what the Florida Supreme Court would do and approving of such a decision.
Anybody got any others?





Frank Cross
Herbert D. Kelleher Centennial Professor of Business Law
CBA 5.202
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78712