Former Special Prosecutor Ken Starr of Bill Clinton fame held Earl Warren up as a model Supreme Court justice.

From the DC Examiner

Since he went from prosecutor of Bill Clinton to dean of Southern California’s Pepperdine Law School, Ken Starr has become all things California. Coming back to Washington on Thursday to accept an award from Georgetown Law School’s Federalist Society, Starr sported a Pepperdine-orange tie — and a tan that rivaled it.

But it wasn’t just his appearance that belied his status as a conservative hero. In talking about what type of justices we need more of on the Supreme Court, the now surfer-cool Starr cited none other than another California icon — and liberal lion to boot — former Chief Justice Earl Warren.

“Warren was in the rough and tumble of public life, we need more justices in the court like that today,” said the bizzarro Starr, adding that the thrice-elected governor was one of his mentors for the way he was able to use more “public policy and politics” to enact the important precedents he set during the civil rights era.

Starr ended his talk by joking to the crowd the California wines were being served.

One attendee wondered what Starr had been smoking.

Though some in the conservative movement have hailed Starr as a hero for his role in the Clinton investigations, my late father Reed Irvine had a different view as Starr whitewashed the Vince Foster investigation and to this day refuses to answer key questions about the investigation.  So there was at least one conservative who wasn’t fooled by Starr.

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