His clerks praise him as a teacher - and 40 of 42 have gone on to clerk at the Supreme Court, an unparalleled placement record. He tells law clerks they will be fired if they fail to show him contradicting authority on a particular issue or tell him exactly how they view the case, even if they do not share his views.

He has stressed, to his law clerks and in a recent speech, intellectual honesty and adherence to precedent. Amba, in contrast to Julie Saltman, finds Luttig 'trustworthy,' 'the kind of judge you want (or ought to want) on the Supreme Court.' From a Chicago Tribune piece on Luttig:Īs a judge, Luttig is widely considered an ardent conservative, but his record reveals his independence, as do recent analyses of his opinions by several political scientists. It's an important story, and I'll no doubt continue to write about it extensively, but, as always, I'll try to keep The Reaction interesting with a diverse array of posts in the coming days and weeks.)Īmba of the wonderful AmbivaBlog (and a great friend of The Reaction) linked to a different take on Luttig in a comment to my last post.

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