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A Year In Practice: The Journal Of A Reflective Clinician, Stacy Caplow
A Year In Practice: The Journal Of A Reflective Clinician, Stacy Caplow
Faculty Scholarship
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A Tribute To Professor Edward J. Littlejohn, John E. Mogk
A Tribute To Professor Edward J. Littlejohn, John E. Mogk
Law Faculty Research Publications
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Marbury's Travail: Federalist Politics And William Marbury's Appointment As Justice Of The Peace, David F. Forte
Marbury's Travail: Federalist Politics And William Marbury's Appointment As Justice Of The Peace, David F. Forte
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
This Article describes how Marbury, the youngest son of an impoverished remnant of a well-known family, elbowed his way to wealth and influence among the Maryland gentry. Further, this Article illuminates Marbury's choice between the two wings of the Federalist party in Maryland - the Hamiltonian elite and the Adams' loyalists - and how Marbury's partisan service brought him to a position earning Thomas Jefferson's disdain and rebuff. In the end, Marbury's appointment and rejection derived from the very different characters of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
Doubting Thomas: Confirmation Veracity Meets Performance Reality, Joyce A. Baugh, Christopher E. Smith
Doubting Thomas: Confirmation Veracity Meets Performance Reality, Joyce A. Baugh, Christopher E. Smith
Seattle University Law Review
At the close of the United States Supreme Court's 1994 term, Justice Clarence Thomas became the center of news media attention for his important role as a prominent member of the Court's resurgent conservative bloc. More frequently than in past terms, Thomas's opinions articulated the conservative position for his fellow Justices. According to one report, "The newly energized Thomas has shown little hesitancy this term in leading the conservative charge. Another article referred to Thomas's "full-throated emergence as a distinctive and articulate judicial voice." Thomas's new prominence, assertiveness, and visibility have been attributed to his emergence from the shadows of …