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My Brethren’S (Gate) Keeper? Testimony By U.S. Judges At Others’ Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings: Its Implications For Judicial Independence And Judicial Ethics, Mary Clark
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This article, prompted by the testimony of seven of Samuel Alito's then-current and former Third Circuit colleagues at his hearing to be Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, examines the merits of federal judges testifying at others' Supreme Court confirmation hearings. While mindful of other approaches to the question of judicial participation in other judicial appointments systems and of their comparative advantages and disadvantages, the author nevertheless concludes that judges threaten judicial independence and judicial ethics principles when they exercise power in the Article III appointments realm. It is not so much a question of judges usurping the …
Straddling The Fence Between Truth And Pretense: The Role Of Law And Preference In Judicial Decision Making And The Future Of Judicial Independence, Charles G. Geyh
Straddling The Fence Between Truth And Pretense: The Role Of Law And Preference In Judicial Decision Making And The Future Of Judicial Independence, Charles G. Geyh
Articles by Maurer Faculty
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The Endless Judicial Selection Debate And Why It Matters For Judicial Independence, Charles G. Geyh
The Endless Judicial Selection Debate And Why It Matters For Judicial Independence, Charles G. Geyh
Articles by Maurer Faculty
In this overview, I begin by describing the five different systems of state judicial selection that have evolved out of a perennial struggle to strike an optimal balance between judicial independence and judicial accountability. I then explore recent developments that have intensified that struggle, before analyzing, with reference to available research, how different selection systems counter or accommodate such developments. My purpose here is not to write (another) position piece. Rather, my purpose is to step back and contextualize disputes over judicial selection with reference to the independence and accountability issues that animate them, and to isolate what we know …
Sealing, Judicial Transparency And Judicial Independence, T.S. Ellis Iii
Sealing, Judicial Transparency And Judicial Independence, T.S. Ellis Iii
Villanova Law Review
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Methods Of Judicial Selection And Their Impact On Judicial Independence, Charles G. Geyh
Methods Of Judicial Selection And Their Impact On Judicial Independence, Charles G. Geyh
Articles by Maurer Faculty
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