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Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility

Southern Methodist University

Journal

2018

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Professional Liability, Evan A. Kirkham, Derrick R. Ward, Lance G. Henderson Jan 2018

Professional Liability, Evan A. Kirkham, Derrick R. Ward, Lance G. Henderson

SMU Annual Texas Survey

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Twitter And The #So-Calledjudge, Elizabeth G. Thornburg Jan 2018

Twitter And The #So-Calledjudge, Elizabeth G. Thornburg

SMU Law Review

Two-hundred-eighty characters may be insufficient to deliver a treatise on the judiciary, but it is more than enough to deliver criticism of the third branch of government. Today, these tweeted critiques sometimes come not from the general public but from the President himself. Attacks such as these come at a challenging time for court systems. We live in a highly politicized, polarized society. This polarization is reflected in attitudes toward the courts, particularly the federal courts. Unfortunately, public doubts about the court system come at a time when public understanding of the structure of government, and especially the court system, …