Comments on Advance Indiana™: Court of Appeals Finalists Sent Daniels

Very true.

2012-06-06T09:17:36.597-05:00

Very true.

The application the candidates file for considerat...

2012-06-06T08:57:01.302-05:00

The application the candidates file for consideration contains plenty of information that the Commission needs to weigh their qualificaitons beyond their GPA. That's why I linked to the Indiana Law Blog where you can access those documents. The ILB is performing a very valuable public service that the mainstream media fails to perform.

Hmmm. I would rather know things like how many tim...

2012-06-06T07:50:04.026-05:00

Hmmm. I would rather know things like how many times it took them to pass the bar, positive ID that they took the bar themselves, how much tutoring they needed to pass the bar. Practical stuff, like. lol

As to one's GPA, perhaps it is relevant to becoming a judge, perhaps it isn't.

It's like most measurable statistics. Limited in real value, but discoverable.

President Obama does not have to provide college/l...

2012-06-06T06:14:30.811-05:00

President Obama does not have to provide college/law school transcripts in order to be president, but all applicants for the Indiana Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals are required to provide that information and it is a matter of public. The Indiana Judicial Qualifications Commission has determined that the information is relevant to a person's qualifications, which is why they require all applicants to furnish this information.

I would hope that after years of practicing law, o...

2012-06-06T06:04:59.995-05:00

I would hope that after years of practicing law, one's law school GPA would have become a non-statistic for achievement-based benchmark purposes.