Her dedication to public service and experience in civil rights law make her an excellent choice to serve on the Ninth Circuit. In addition to the important professional experience she would bring to the Ninth Circuit, Judge Thomas would bring other vital representation to the federal bench. Judge Thomas would be the first Black woman from California to ever serve on the Ninth Circuit and only the second Black woman to ever serve on the court.
Public trust in the judiciary is crucial to its function, and this trust is bolstered when the bench better reflects the communities it serves. Additionally, this diversity of professional and lived experiences improves judicial decision-making. Judge Thomas is exceptionally qualified and we strongly urge the Senate to confirm her to the Ninth Circuit.
Sunday 28th April, 8pm — 11pm Cheltenham Poetry Riot! Final Night Party! Saturday 9th March, 7. Friday 15th March, 7. Tuesday 5th February, 7. Wednesday 6th February, 7. Thursday 7th February, 7.
Monday 11th February, 7. Tuesday 12th February, 7. Wednesday 13th February, 7. Dear Hollie is there any possibility that you could squeeze a gig in at Colchester. My daughter who is 14,and would like to become a writer,and myself love your poems.
We would both love to come and listen to you so a gig near to Colchester would be absolutely fantastic. Many thanks,Louise and Rosie. I will try though and hopefully will be able to get something in that area! Then I can approach them for the Autumn time! I have a problem with your work. When are you going to come near Manchester?
There glad that is off my chest. How are you doing? Im Boubacar from Mali to be precise from Timbuktu…and when i was in high school i use to do some poem burt in my local language called Tamasheq its the language of the touareg people.
I would love to come see you live and think Sheffield is the closest your coming to Manchester this year? I heard your mama breastfeeding rap today. You made me cry with the beauty and strength of your words. Can be verbally abusive. Unless you're a defendant, Well read on cases at issue and the law. Engages counsel on legal arguments. Courteous and runs a well balanced courtroom.
She has a nice temperament. She is not hard on lawyers, and sets workable schedules. She is very, very smart. If you have a lousy case, you probably don't want her as a judge. If you have a good case, and novel issues of law are at issue, this is the judge for you. I have practiced law in Los Angeles for over 30 years, and she is one of my favorites. She seems to have a preference for male attorneys. She is very unpredictable, which isn't a great trait in a civil trial lawyer.
I would not want to try another case in her courtroom, although there is some chance she might treat me well on a second go-round. When, immediately after the hearing, other attorneys you've never met go out of their way to come talk to you on the street and tell you "you've GOT to appeal that ruling" you know just been in front of a lousy judge.
Judge Kendig was incapable of applying basic logic let alone basic legal principles. I represented the plaintiff in a discrimination matter. I have never been so frustrated and angry with a judge, and I have never some so close to being slapped with contempt as I tried repeatedly to explain that she was missing a glaringly obvious logical and legal point.
When I dared stoop to the tactic of posing hypothetical questions to the judge to try to get her to understand, or to help me understand her thinking so perhaps I could solve the problem, I was brutally shut-down. During my wait in the audience as well as during my appearance Judge Kendig exhibited little intellectual curiosity.
She clearly had made her mind up in advance and nothing was going to change it. I urge anyone who is interested in a preemptively unbiased evaluation of her qualifications to read the various appellate opinions in which she has been reversed. She regularly ignores both the federal and California constitutions, as well as blackletter precedent. From my personal experience she is either ignorant of certain well-settled legal principles, or feigns such ignorance in order to enter her own, predetermine rulings.
Again, don't take my word for it, take a look at the Second District opinions reversing her decisions. She's at the very top of my The ratings you see that are 10 are family opinions. This is the worst judge you will ever deal with. If she favors you, you have to feel sorry for your opponent because nothing will be based upon the law. A After she picks the side she likes, nothing else matters. She doesn't even try and hide her bias and hostility. She hates being disagreed with and has the temperament of a rabid animal.
She's the worst judge I've appeared before in twenty years of practice. That is genuinely where the similarities end. Kate is an amazing performer. She tried to make me do all these drama school warm-up exercises once, before going on stage. The two do, however, share a love of hip-hop and MC culture, which inflects their work with its rhythms. It frustrates me. With a publisher and a major prize under her belt, McNish is still getting used to her literary respectability.
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