Charles Halpern Applauds Obama’s Focus on Empathy as a Criterion for Judges

Daily Journal, January 29, 2009 by Charles Halpern
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Rarely have qualities of heart or empathy been articulated as criteria for the selection of judges. It is not surprising that Obama would commit himself to this new criterion. He is a man who has identified “cultivating empathy” as one of the important values in his life.