What's with the DC Circuit? Forum
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What's with the DC Circuit?
Sorry if this is a dumb question. I've been seeing that the general consensus is that the DC Circuit is the most "prestigious" circuit. But I'm confused as to why. What makes this circuit more prestigious than the others? Thanks so much.
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Re: What's with the DC Circuit?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Sta ... ia_CircuitA judgeship on the D.C. Circuit is often thought of as a stepping-stone for appointment to the Supreme Court. As of January 2013, four of the nine justices on the Supreme Court are alumni of the D.C. Circuit:Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Justice Elena Kagan was nominated by Bill Clinton to the same seat that Roberts would later fill, but was never given a vote in the Senate.
Substantively, among other reasons, it has direct review of many agency decisions by statute, and reviews many agency decisions even when it doesn't, and so it hears a lot of difficult administrative and constitutional law issues. For clerking purposes, most of the DCC clerkships are considered feeder positions for Supreme Court clerkships.
