[Travis McGee]

Expanding some to gargantuan proportions while discarding others like a crumpled gum wrapper is not faithfully applying the Constitution; it's using our power as federal judges to constitutionalize our personal preferences.

Man, this guy is a fabulous writer!

[TERMINATTOR]

And english is not even his native language!

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Kozinski, Alex

Born 1950 in Bucharest, Romania

Federal Judicial Service:
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Nominated by Ronald Reagan on June 5, 1985, to a new seat created by 98 Stat. 333; Confirmed by the Senate on November 7, 1985, and received commission on November 7, 1985.

Education:
University of California, Los Angeles, A.B., 1972

University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law, J.D., 1975

Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Anthony Kennedy, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1975-1976
Law clerk, Chief Justice Warren Burger, Supreme Court of the United States, 1976-1977
Private practice, Los Angeles, California, 1977-1979
Private practice, Washington, DC, 1979-1981
Deputy legal counsel, Office of the Preident-Elect, Washington, DC, 1980-1981
Assistant counsel, Office of Counsel to the President, Washington, DC, 1981
Special counsel, Merit Systems Protection Board, Washington, DC, 1981-1982
Chief judge, U.S. Court of Claims, Washington, DC, 1982-1985


Race or Ethnicity: White

Gender: Male