Mass. Court makeup may really hurt Bush

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5 Republican Appointees by Weld/Celluci and Swift
2 Democratic Appointees by Dukakis
Chief Justice Marshall appointed by Weld

Honorable Margaret H. Marshall is Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court. A native of

South Africa, she graduated from Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg in 1966. In 1966, she

was elected as President of the National Union of South African Students, and served in that

capacity until 1968, when she came to the United States to pursue her graduate studies. She

received a master's degree from Harvard University, and her J.D. from Yale Law School. Chief

Justice Marshall was an associate, and later a partner, in the Boston law firm of Csaplar &

Bok, and was a partner in the Boston law firm of Choate, Hall & Stewart. Before her appointment

to the Supreme Judicial Court, she was Vice President and General Counsel of Harvard

University. First appointed as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court in

November, 1996, she was named as Chief Justice in September, 1999, by Governor Paul Cellucci,

and began her term on October 14, 1999, following her confirmation by the Governor's

Council. Chief Justice Marshall is the second woman to serve on the Supreme Judicial Court in

its more than 300-year history, and the first woman to serve as Chief Justice. --- Weld

appointee REP



Honorable John M. Greaney, Associate Justice, was born in Westfield, Massachusetts, on April 8,

1939. He received his B.A. from the College of the Holy Cross with honors, and his J.D. from

New York University School of Law, where he was a Root-Tilden Scholar. Justice Greaney served

with the 104th Tactical Fighter Group of the Massachusetts Air National Guard and engaged in

the general practice of law with the Springfield law firm of Ely and King for 10 years. Since

1974, Justice Greaney has lectured and written extensively for legal and judicial education

programs. In 1974, he was appointed as the Presiding Justice of the Hampden County Housing

Court. In 1976, he was appointed as an Associate Justice of the Superior Court. In 1978, he was

appointed as an Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court, and in 1984 as that

Court's Chief Justice. He was appointed to his present position by Governor Michael S.

Dukakis as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court on September 9, 1989. Justice

Greaney has served as Chair of the Appellate Judges Conference of the American Bar Association.

He is Co-Chair of the Supreme Judicial Court Judiciary/Media Committee, and President and Dean

of the Flaschner Judicial Institute. DEM


Roderick L. Ireland was appointed an Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court by

Governor William F. Weld in 1997, and is the first African-American to sit on this

bench. Previously, he served as an Associate Justice of the Appeals Court for seven years,

and as an Associate Justice of the Boston Juvenile Court for almost thirteen years, both

appointments by Governor Michael S. Dukakis. DEM



Honorable Judith A. Cowin, Associate Justice, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 29,

1942. A graduate of Wellesley College, she received her J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1970.

From 1971 to 1972, she served as assistant legal counsel to the Massachusetts Department of

Mental Health. From 1972 to 1979, she was legal counsel for the Office of the Chief Justice of

the District Court. She was an Assistant District Attorney in Norfolk County from 1979 to 1991,

prosecuting jury-of-six cases from 1979 to 1980 and then felony cases in the Superior Court

from 1980 to 1991. She was also a clinical field supervisor for Harvard Law School in 1980. In

1991, she was appointed an Associate Justice of the Superior Court, where she served until

Governor Paul Cellucci appointed her as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court in

October, 1999. REP

Honorable Robert J. Cordy, Associate Justice, was born in Manchester, Connecticut, on May 18,

1949. He received his A.B. degree cum laude from Dartmouth College in 1971, and his J.D. from

Harvard Law School in 1974. Justice Cordy began his legal career in 1974 as a defense attorney

for the Massachusetts Defenders Committee. From 1978 to 1979, he worked for the Department of

Revenue, where he was a Special Assistant Attorney General. From 1979 to 1982, he was Associate

General Counsel in Charge of Enforcement at the State Ethics Commission. From 1982 to 1987,

Justice Cordy served as a federal prosecutor under then U.S. Attorney William F. Weld. While in

that office, he became Chief of the Public Corruption Unit. He was a partner in the law firm of

Burns & Levinson in Boston from 1987 to 1991. From 1991 to 1993, he served as Chief Legal

Counsel to then Governor Weld. In 1993, Justice Cordy joined the Boston law firm of McDermott,

Will & Emery, where he became Managing Partner. In addition to his other positions, he was a

lecturer at Harvard Law School from 1987 to 1996. He was appointed an Associate Justice of

the Supreme Judicial Court in February, 2001. he must have been appointed by the governor

who's female name may not be mentioned in the state. Jane Swift REP

Honorable Martha Browning Sosman, Associate Justice, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on

October 20, 1950. She received her B.A. from Middlebury College, and her J.D. from the

University of Michigan Law School. She was an associate at Foley, Hoag & Eliot in Boston from

1979 to 1984. From 1984 to 1989, she was an Assistant U.S. Attorney and Chief of the Civil

Division of the United States Attorney's Office in Boston. From 1989 to 1993, she was a

Founding Partner of Kern, Sosman, Hagerty, Roach & Carpenter, P.C. She became an Associate

Justice of the Superior Court in 1993. Governor Paul Cellucci appointed her as an Associate

Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court on September 6, 2000. REP


Honorable Francis X. Spina, Associate Justice, was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on

November 13, 1946. He received his B.A. from Amherst College and J.D. from Boston College Law

School. From 1972 to 1974, Justice Spina served with Western Massachusetts Legal Services. From

1975 to 1977, he served as an Assistant City Solicitor for the City of Pittsfield Law

Department. From 1979 to 1983, he served as Second Assistant District Attorney in the Berkshire

County District Attorney's Office. Justice Spina was a partner with the Pittsfield law firms of

Reder, Whalen, and Spina from 1983 to 1987, and Katz, Lapointe, and Spina from 1987 to 1993.

Justice Spina served on the Superior Court from 1993 to 1997, and the Massachusetts Appeals

Court from 1997 to 1999. He was appointed as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial

Court on October 14, 1999 Celluci i assume REP

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1. which ones...

Which ones voted yes and which one voted no (to gay marriage)?