Comments on: Should the SCC speak with one voice? Survey says no. http://www.thecourt.ca/2008/04/11/should-the-scc-speak-with-one-voice-survey-says-no/ The Court is the online resource for data and debate about the Supreme Court of Canada. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:34:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James Brink http://www.thecourt.ca/2008/04/11/should-the-scc-speak-with-one-voice-survey-says-no/comment-page-1/#comment-65496 James Brink Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:06:42 +0000 http://www.thecourt.ca/2008/04/11/should-the-scc-speak-with-one-voice-survey-says-no/#comment-65496 With no disrespect to Justice L’Heureux-Dubé's eminent qualifications intended, the "opinions of the legal community" are not equivalent to "public opinion." Moreover, I'm not convinced Supreme Court judges should be appointed based on the "opinions" of those (such as myself) who, when bored, fill out online surveys multiple times just to see which answers are required to make the survey return different judicial doppelgangers. With no disrespect to Justice L’Heureux-Dubé’s eminent qualifications intended, the “opinions of the legal community” are not equivalent to “public opinion.”

Moreover, I’m not convinced Supreme Court judges should be appointed based on the “opinions” of those (such as myself) who, when bored, fill out online surveys multiple times just to see which answers are required to make the survey return different judicial doppelgangers.

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