Dumbing Down the Courts Author|Ross Honeywill and Chris Norton An avid boater he pilots

An avid boater he pilots his boat Armagnac along the Atlantic coast each spring and fall

He was the chairman and CEO of Owatonna Tool Company and its subsidiaries and the president and founder of Heritage Halls Museum in Owatonna

Jon Hassler author educator playwright and painter began his writing career at the age of thirty-seven completing fifteen works of fiction and two works of nonfiction

She has worked for more than twenty years in public education and holds advanced degrees with an emphasis in School Counseling

They have two adult children and three grandchildren

Dumbing Down the Courts Author|Ross Honeywill and Chris Norton An avid boater he pilotsJudges have enormous power. They determine whom we can marry whether we can own firearms whether the government can mandate that we buy certain products and how we define "personhood." But who gets to occupy these powerful positions? Up until now there has been little systematic study of what type of judges get confirmed. In his rigorous yet readable style John Lott analyzes both historical accounts and large amounts of data to see how the