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...Joseph Schneider, current president of the association, agreed that it would be a "lovely but purposeless gesture," but maintained that since the 84-year-old judge would not have "enough time" to influence the court's thinking, the idea "has no practical chance" of being effective...
Another Yale law professor, Frederick Rodell, agreed with Schneider and Sears, referring to the proposed appointment as "a nice gesture, but rather silly; I think Judge Hand would agree." Rodell felt that only a private agreement between Hand and the President would enable the retired judge to be appointed on a temporary basis. He also believed that Hand would not accept the appointment...
Most of those interviewed agreed with Rodell that Hand "would have been an excellent choice twenty years ago." Schneider stated that the judge's appointment fifteen years ago "would have added lustre to the court." Bittker called him "the most eminent living American judge...
...reactions of the six law experts to the suggestion of appointing Judge William Hastie, first Negro judge of a U.S. Court of Appeals, to the Supreme Court, varied as widely as their feelings toward Hand's appointment. Schneider called Hastie "one of the outstanding legal thinkers of his time," and claimed his appointment would be "a gesture to the non-while population that at least in the courts they are equal to whites...
...RODNEY SCHNEIDER Cincinnati...