These cases included advisory opinions such as Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons and Difference Relating to Immunity from Legal Process of a Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights , and contentious cases between nations such as Aerial Incident of 10 August 1999 (Pakistan v. India).His opinions in these cases have been characterized by scholars as expansive, impassioned,[20] exhaustive,[21] closely reasoned and, by those who share his views, brilliant. He was nominated for election to the International Court of Justice by the bipartisan U.S. National Group at the Permanent Court of Arbitration during the presidency of Jimmy Carter and his ruling in the Legality of Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons Case is considered by some scholars to be consistent with that of a moderate conservative.[22] Judge Schwebel frequently voted against the majority of his colleagues;[23] however, also voted against his own country (U.S.) more than any other judge in the history of the Court.