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Article: Supreme Court: Linder.(Editorials)(Appeals court judge is best qualified candidate)(Editorial)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- April 22, 2006
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Byline: The Register-Guard
Each of the three candidates for the Position 6 seat on the Oregon Supreme Court makes an articulate case that the state's highest court is best served by a mix of justices with diverse backgrounds. And they're right, though not all diversity is created equal.
On one level, there is diversity of experience. Eugene's own Jack Roberts, currently executive director of the Lane Metro Partnership, points out that three of the court's current justices have backgrounds in the public sector and experience in the state attorney general's office. Three others are trial lawyers who've primarily represented plaintiffs or organized labor in ...