Sentence examples for career judicial from inspiring English sources

The continental monarchies also developed a system of career judicial office, in which the young university licentiate went straight into government service, whereas in England appointment of judges from the senior practicing profession remained the settled practice.

Can life tenure be a sufficient measure of independence, when other criteria than a distinguished legal career or judicial temperament dictate the character of appointments?

After the Thomas defeat, he told friends that he did not want to spend the rest of his career on judicial nominations and devoted himself to the Foreign Relations Committee, becoming ranking minority member in 1997 and chairman in 2001.

"Judge Sotomayor's career and judicial record demonstrates that she has always followed the rule of law," Senator Patrick J. Leahy, Democrat of Vermont and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said on Thursday.

His judicial career followed the traditional path.

During his career he held judicial and teaching appointments.

Breyer's congeniality was the key to the start of his judicial career.

This omission becomes even more glaring when Thomas begins to discuss his judicial career.

Richard Nixon followed Percy's advice, and, in 1970, Stevens began his judicial career.

This battle around states' rights informed Rehnquist's whole judicial career.

"This is without question the worst case of my judicial career," he said.