Talk:Alex Kozinski

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Contents 1 NPOV? 2 Campaign contributions 3 Religious Faith 4 "Good afternoon, flower of my heart" 5 Clerks? 6 We've been plagiarized

[edit] NPOV?

I noticed that most of this article is simply copied from this source: [1]. Now, even Judge Kozinski descibes this site as a 'fanpage'. Some phrases amount to an unbalanced praise of the Judge, without giving links to sources in the press or elsewhere. Like many other people, I dunno much about Kozinski, so who is it who thinks his writing is "clear" and "humorous"? Maybe it's just the author of 'notabug'? Imho this article needs some editing, not at least because of copyright issues. Gray62 16:46, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

I think the summary of Kozinski's dissent "This opinion, that correct proceedings were more important than preventing a judicial error that would result in an execution" is an oversimplification. Kozinski was refering to what is within the power of the court--and the supreme court agreed. From the tone of the paragraph, it takes a very close reading to realize that the "grave abuse of discretion" the Supremes were talking about was not commited by Kozinski but the majority. Also I doubt the fact that many of Thompson's accusers were inmates applies to appellate jurisdiction here unless this fact was concealed from the jury. I don't feel qualified to rewrite this section but someone should. 12.159.72.39 (talk) 00:51, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Campaign contributions

I'm wondering about the encyclopedicness of the external link posted by anonymous user User:68.173.19.193 that links to a page showing the political contributions made by the subject of the article. The anon has evenhandedly posted the equivalent link on numerous biographical articles of persons both on the left and the right (e.g. Molly Ivins, Robert McNamara, Theodore Olson, Alex Kozinski, and several others), but despite saucing both the goose and the gander having these links in the articles doesn't seem right. Yes, it's factual; yes, it's verifiable; yes, it's interesting; but it still seems like a sly bit of POV, particularly for each individual article viewed in isolation. I haven't removed any of the links but I'm curious how others see this.

I've posted this question on the talk pages of all four articles mentioned above in hopes that a wider spectrum of editors will see and comment. -EDM 05:03, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Religious Faith

• What is the religious faith of judge Alex Kozinski?

He's Jewish, though I don't believe he's particularly observant.

[edit] "Good afternoon, flower of my heart"

I've removed this unexplained quote from the "Trivia" section, where it appeared in parentheses next to the Dating Game item (diff). If anyone knows the relevance of this Buddy Holly lyric to Kozinski, please add it back. --zenohockey 02:04, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

I considered removing it myself but could work up the resolve to do it. - the.crazy.russian τ ç ë 04:29, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

oh I see... he says it in the short clip of the dating game hiding under [1]. - the.crazy.russian τ ç ë 04:32, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Clerks?

Should there be a section listing law clerks to Federal Circuit Judges as there is a page for supreme court clerks. A "Notable Clerks" category makes sense to me as part of a biographical article. Its worth mentioning the pupils.

Another important reason to include clerks for this particular judge is that Kozinski has a reputation for working his clerks very, very hard, and as a result they have an extremely high chance of a subsequent Supreme Court clerkship. There are quite a handful of Kozinski clerks in the current crop of clerks for the Supreme Court, remarkable for a single jurist. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.65.63.52 (talk) 05:39, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] We've been plagiarized

We've been plagiarized. Just so no one thinks it's the other way around. I sent them a polite note asking for at least acknowledgment of their source. - Jmabel | Talk 18:01, 6 November 2006 (UTC)