A number of great Supreme Court judges have not previously been judges. Rehnquist comes to mind first. 73/Greg W7OZ/ KH6 Kaanapali Beach, Maui, HI _____ From: Andy Oppel [mailto:andy_oppel@earthlink.net] Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 8:48 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13293] Re: Abernathy Announces Departure from FCC My only fear is the next one may be worse than this one was. I know that's difficult to imagine. But if he can nominate an attorney who has never been a judge for the Supreme Court, I figure anything can happen. -- Andy Oppel, N6AJO At 07:51 PM 11/18/2005, you wrote: Ill cry . . . tomorrow. Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director 5065 Bethany Rd., Mason, OH 45040 E-mail: k8je@arrl.org; Tel: 513-459-0142 ARRL Great Lakes Division ARRL, the Reason Amateur Radio is! Members, the Reason ARRL is! -----Original Message----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [ mailto:dsumner@arrl.org <mailto:dsumner@arrl.org> ] Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 9:55 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:13284] Abernathy Announces Departure from FCC Anybody got a brass band handy? Dave http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-262254A1.doc