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Making Judicial Nominees Answer Senate Questions, John Paul Jones
Making Judicial Nominees Answer Senate Questions, John Paul Jones
Law Faculty Publications
Prof. Jones discusses the congressional powers to conduct investigations and compel answers from individuals versus the prospective judge's interest in impartiality in the of judicial nomination hearings.
Judicial Discretion And The 1983 Amendments To The Federal Civil Rules, Carl W. Tobias
Judicial Discretion And The 1983 Amendments To The Federal Civil Rules, Carl W. Tobias
Law Faculty Publications
The first section of this Article briefly describes the developments which created the perception that the federal courts were experiencing a litigation explosion and which ultimately led to the promulgation of the 1983 amendments as one response to the perceived explosion. It also examines the substantive content of those changes, especially how the revisions enlarged federal judicial discretion. The second section evaluates the courts' implementation of the 1983 amendments and finds that this application has adversely affected numerous litigants, particularly civil rights plaintiffs, while providing some benefits, namely fostering more expeditious dispute resolution.
The third section provides suggestions for the …
The Failure Of Felix Frankfurter, Melvin I. Urofsky
The Failure Of Felix Frankfurter, Melvin I. Urofsky
University of Richmond Law Review
There is, unfortunately, no way one can predict whether a person appointed to the Supreme Court will be a great justice or a mediocre one. The nomination of John Marshall, for example, evoked numerous complaints about his lack of ability. The Philadelphia Aurora characterized him as "more distinguished as a rhetorician and sophist than as a lawyer and statesman," and the Senate, in fact, delayed its confirmation vote for a week hoping President John Adams would change his mind. When Woodrow Wilson appointed Louis D. Brandeis to the Court in 1916, pillars of the bar crowded into the Senate judiciary …
More Women Named Federal Judges, Carl W. Tobias
More Women Named Federal Judges, Carl W. Tobias
Law Faculty Publications
The essay initially assesses information pertinent to President Bush's record of appointments to the federal bench during his first three years in office. The prospects for future appointment of women are explored next. Finding these prospects inconclusive, this essay suggests that President Bush continue employing the constructive measures initiated during his administration's third year to name additional women while seriously considering the possibility of instituting even more vigorous efforts to appoint women in the future. Finally, the essay examines why greater numbers of women should be placed on the federal courts and how that goal can be attained.