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Filling The Federal Appellate Court Vacancies, Carl W. Tobias
Filling The Federal Appellate Court Vacancies, Carl W. Tobias
Law Faculty Publications
Multiple observers have criticized President Barack Obama’s discharge of his Article II constitutional responsibility to nominate and confirm federal judges. Senators have blamed the administration for slowly making nominations, liberals have contended that the executive appointed myriad candidates who are not sufficiently centrist, and conservatives have alleged that President Obama proffered many nominees who could become liberal judicial activists. Despite the sharp criticisms, the President has actually realized much success when nominating and confirming well qualified moderate jurists. President Obama has named more judges than Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton had at this juncture in their tenure, while …
Constructing Courts: Architecture, The Ideology Of Judging, And The Public Sphere, Allison Anna Tait
Constructing Courts: Architecture, The Ideology Of Judging, And The Public Sphere, Allison Anna Tait
Law Faculty Publications
In several countries, governments have embarked on major building expansion programs for their judiciaries. The new buildings posit the courtroom as their center and the judge as that room’s pivot. These contemporary projects follow the didactic path laid out in Medieval and Renaissance town halls, which repeatedly deployed symbolism in efforts to shape norms. Dramatic depictions then reminded judges to be loyal subjects of the state. In contrast, modern buildings narrate not only the independence of judges but also the dominion of judges, insulated from the state. The significant allocation of public funds reflects the prestige accorded to courts by …
Friction By Design: The Necessary Contest Of State Judicial Power And Legislative Policymaking, Michael L. Buenger
Friction By Design: The Necessary Contest Of State Judicial Power And Legislative Policymaking, Michael L. Buenger
University of Richmond Law Review
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Federal Judicial Selection: The First Decade, Maeva Marcus
Federal Judicial Selection: The First Decade, Maeva Marcus
University of Richmond Law Review
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Judicial Independence And The Scope Of Article Iii--A View From The Federalist, Michael G. Collins
Judicial Independence And The Scope Of Article Iii--A View From The Federalist, Michael G. Collins
University of Richmond Law Review
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The Theory And Practice Of Defending Judges Against Unjust Criticism, Ronald J. Bacigal
The Theory And Practice Of Defending Judges Against Unjust Criticism, Ronald J. Bacigal
Law Faculty Publications
Having set forth the above premise and conclusion, the American Bar Association Subcommittee on Unjust Criticism of the Bench promulgated a model program for bar associations to follow when countering inaccurate or unjust criticism of judges. This article presents no quarrel with the model program but instead seeks to relate the model to an empirical account of how it might operate in practice. It must be remembered that the acid test of a theoretical model is not whether the theory is "true" in a purely academic sense but whether the model is useful in describing the "real world. " In …