http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/ex-judges-brief-cast-aside-in-detainee-cases/ The Supreme Court of the United States blog Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:56:34 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/ex-judges-brief-cast-aside-in-detainee-cases/comment-page-1/#comment-10827 Paul Wolfson Tue, 02 Jan 2007 14:38:34 +0000 http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/uncategorized/ex-judges-brief-cast-aside-in-detainee-cases/#comment-10827 It's not clear that the judges in the Mikva brief anywhere actually refer to themselves as "Judge Mikva", etc. (though they do identify themselves as former federal judges and use "Honorable") Perhaps the use of "Hon." was inadvisable. But in any event, the Supreme Court does not seem to be so sensitive to the use of "judge" for former federal judges. In Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, which was argued by former federal judge Marvin Frankel, Mr. Frankel was addressed three times from the bench as "Judge Frankel." No one seemed to think that this was inappropriate. It’s not clear that the judges in the Mikva brief anywhere actually refer to themselves as “Judge Mikva”, etc. (though they do identify themselves as former federal judges and use “Honorable”) Perhaps the use of “Hon.” was inadvisable. But in any event, the Supreme Court does not seem to be so sensitive to the use of “judge” for former federal judges. In Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, which was argued by former federal judge Marvin Frankel, Mr. Frankel was addressed three times from the bench as “Judge Frankel.” No one seemed to think that this was inappropriate.

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