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Thoughts On Law Clerk Diversity And Influence, Todd C. Peppers Jan 2023

Thoughts On Law Clerk Diversity And Influence, Todd C. Peppers

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It is my great good fortune to have been asked to comment on the remarkable Article Law Clerk Selection and Diversity: Insights from Fifty Sitting Judges of the Federal Courts of Appeals by Judge Jeremy D. Fogel, Professor Mary S. Hoopes, and Justice Goodwin Liu. Drawing on a rich vein of data gathered pursuant to a carefully crafted research design and extensive interviews, the authors provide the most detailed account to date regarding the selection criteria used by federal appeals court judges to select their law clerks. The authors pay special attention to the role that diversity plays in picking …


Brief For Amici Curiae Constitutional Law, Federal Courts, Citizen, And Remedies Scholars In Support Of Respondent: Lynch V. Morales-Santana, Judith Resnick, Stephen I. Vladeck, Mier Feder, Muneer I. Ahmad, Erwin Chemerinsky, Gillian E. Metzger, Gerald L. Neuman, Linda Bosniak, Michael C. Dorf, Burt Neuborne, Doug Rendleman, David L. Shapiro, Michael J. Wishnie Oct 2016

Brief For Amici Curiae Constitutional Law, Federal Courts, Citizen, And Remedies Scholars In Support Of Respondent: Lynch V. Morales-Santana, Judith Resnick, Stephen I. Vladeck, Mier Feder, Muneer I. Ahmad, Erwin Chemerinsky, Gillian E. Metzger, Gerald L. Neuman, Linda Bosniak, Michael C. Dorf, Burt Neuborne, Doug Rendleman, David L. Shapiro, Michael J. Wishnie

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Picking Federal Judges: A Note On Policy And Partisan Selection Agendas, Micheal W. Giles, Virginia A. Hettinger, Todd C. Peppers Sep 2001

Picking Federal Judges: A Note On Policy And Partisan Selection Agendas, Micheal W. Giles, Virginia A. Hettinger, Todd C. Peppers

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The importance of lower federal courts in the policymaking process has stimulated extensive research programs focused on the process of selecting the judges of these courts and the factors influencing their decisions. The present study employs judicial decisionmaking in the U.S. Courts of Appeals as a window through which to reexamine the politics of selection to the lower courts. It differs from previous studies of selection in three ways. First, it takes advantage of recent innovations in measurement to go beyond reliance on political party as a measure of the preferences of actors in the selection process. Second, employing these …


United States V. Leon, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1983

United States V. Leon, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

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Bose Corp. V. Consumers Union Of United States, Inc., Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1983

Bose Corp. V. Consumers Union Of United States, Inc., Lewis F. Powell Jr.

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Edgar V. Mite Corp., Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1981

Edgar V. Mite Corp., Lewis F. Powell Jr.

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United States V. Ross, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1981

United States V. Ross, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

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California V. Grace Brethren Church, Lewis F. Powell Jr Oct 1981

California V. Grace Brethren Church, Lewis F. Powell Jr

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