Law student also an MSU prof _ x . ' ~rN _ _ . _ _ . ... _ _.. . y RITA CLARK Instead of joining the parade to the library after class like most other University law students, one tall, older student drops behind to head back to East Lansing where political science students will soon gather to hear him lec- ture.. *uHarold Spaeth, a 50-year-old political science professor at Michigan State University who specializes in predicting the outcome of Supreme Court decisions, said he is seeking a law degree to gain more "credibility" among attorneys who may wish to use his information. SPAETN SAID the experience at the law school will also "enhance writing and research skills." Spaeth said he makes his predictions on "the basis of psychological considerations rather than legal con- siderations." In cases of great public interest where he predicts how the court will rule, Spaeth claims an accuracy rate of 93 percent. He said he is correct in'predicting how individual justices will rule 80 percent of the time. BUT SPAIFTH recalls two cases when his predictions on the justices' decisions proved incorrect. The first was the original abortion decision in 1973 in the Roe vs. Wade case, and the second was the verdict against centerfielder Curt Flood in a baseball anti-trust case. In these cases, Spaeth said, the Supreme Court justices did not follow previous patterns. "I can't predict the un- predictable," he said. In his work, Spaeth said he takes into account various factors which stem from the judges' "personal attitudes and values toward the issue." ACCORDING TO Spaeth, an "overwhelming majority of the Supreme Court justices' decisions are a response to three basic values that they share with the public: Freedom, equality, and New Deal economics. "There's a certain mystique that surrounds the U.S. Supreme Court and the appellate courts," the professor added. "The perception that judges at these levels decide the way they do because that's what the law says, or that's what the Constitution says, well, that's nonsense." Yale Kamisar, one of Spaeth's former professors at the Law School noted that, "My distinct impression was that he (Spaeth) was very accurate, but I haven't systematically kept any files on it." As a student, Kamisar said that Spaeth "is a very in- teresting guy."I --; .paeth high court sage t TheMichigan Daily-Friday, December 12, 1980-Page 7 Dec. 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