The judiciary as a connected web

Roam from Robert Edward Varner to the people and institutions around them.

Click any node to recenter, to the president who appointed them, the seat they filled, the school they share with classmates on the bench, or the judge they preceded.

APPOINTED BYSUCCEEDED BYSITS ONSTUDIED ATCLASSMATECLASSMATENixonDubinaU.S.District Court for the Middle District of AlabamaUniversityAxonSmithRobertVarner
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Why this matters. No competing free judge site offers a browsable relational graph. Every relationship here (appointment, seat succession, shared school) is a first-class, clickable object. Back to Robert Edward Varner’s profile.