Want to be on the 2nd Circuit? Maybe Don’t Ask

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One of President Barack Obama’s appellate court nominees says he never asked to be chosen.

Judge Gerald Lynch, nominated for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, writes in an answer to a Senate background questionnaire that he first heard about a possible nomination when New York’s Democratic senior senator gave him a ring.

“To this point, my involvement in the process has consisted exclusively of the following: I received a call from Senator Charles Schumer of New York, who advised me that the White House anticipated appointing me to the Second Circuit,” Lynch writes. “I did not solicit such a nomination and I was not told what circumstances led to their interest.”

Lynch, who has sat in the Southern District of New York since 2000, doesn’t say when he received the phone call from Schumer. He writes that he has discussed the nomination procedures with Schumer’s staff and has had “numerous contacts” with the White House Counsel’s Office and the Justice Department regarding paperwork for the nomination.

It is accepted practice for potential nominees to lobby their senators for support, so Lynch’s description of the process is perhaps a little unusual. The 2nd Circuit, based in Manhattan, is also one of the most prominent and sought-after postings in the federal judiciary.

http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2009/04/want-to-be-on-the-2nd-circuit-maybe-dont-ask.html

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1. Maybe the best candidate for this court is one who isn't seeking it.

I used to think the same of the job of "police man", that so many want it for the wrong reasons that wanting to be one could be considered a dis-qualifier.

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