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The Empty Chair: Reflections On An Absent Justice, Jennifer L. Behrens
The Empty Chair: Reflections On An Absent Justice, Jennifer L. Behrens
Faculty Scholarship
This article examines a January 1888 letter to U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Morrison Waite from Associate Justice Stanley Matthews. Justice Matthews requested time away from the notoriously overworked Court’s session in order to attend the funeral of Dr. Peter Parker, renowned medical missionary and diplomat. The piece presents biographical sketches of Justice Matthews and Dr. Parker, and considers the historical context of the potential absence on the late nineteenth-century Court’s operations.
Adrenaline Of Excellence: The Career Of Judge Gerald Bruce Lee, Claudio Grossman, Andrew Popper
Adrenaline Of Excellence: The Career Of Judge Gerald Bruce Lee, Claudio Grossman, Andrew Popper
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
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Pivoting To Progressivism: Justice Stephen J. Chadwick, The Washington Supreme Court And Change In Early Twentieth Century Judicial Reasoning And Rhetoric, Hugh D. Spitzer
Articles
Relatively little attention has been paid to the part played by state judges in upholding progressive legislation in the early twentieth century in a period when the United States Supreme Court often overturned reform measures on constitutional grounds. In contrast, between 1910 and 1913, the Washington State Supreme Court rapidly changed its doctrinal analysis and its stance on judicial deference to elected lawmakers, aligning the state’s constitutional law with the public’s new views on the responsibility of government in addressing social and economic challenges. A fascinating window on the progressive period and changes in judicial reasoning and rhetoric is provided …
Foreseeing Greatness? Measurable Performance Criteria And The Selection Of Supreme Court Justices, James J. Brudney
Foreseeing Greatness? Measurable Performance Criteria And The Selection Of Supreme Court Justices, James J. Brudney
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law Working Paper Series
This article contributes to an ongoing debate about the feasibility and desireability of measuring the "merit" of appellate judges--and their consequent Supreme Court potential--by using objective performance variables. Relying on the provocative and controversial "tournament criteria" proposed by Professors Stephen Choi and Mitu Gulati in two recent articles, Brudney assesses the "Supreme Court potential" of Warren Burger and Harry Blackmun based on their appellate court records. He finds that Burger's appellate performance appears more promising under the Choi and Gulati criteria, but then demonstrates how little guidance these quantitative assessments actually provide when reviewing the two men's careers on the …
Art Of Judicial Biography, Michael J. Gerhardt
Art Of Judicial Biography, Michael J. Gerhardt
Faculty Publications
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Writing Supreme Court Biography: A Single Lens View Of A Nine-Sided Image, Stephen Wermiel
Writing Supreme Court Biography: A Single Lens View Of A Nine-Sided Image, Stephen Wermiel
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
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Book Review Of Clement Haynsworth, The Senate, And The Supreme Court, Davison M. Douglas
Book Review Of Clement Haynsworth, The Senate, And The Supreme Court, Davison M. Douglas
Faculty Publications
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The Enduring Example Of John Marshall Harlan: "Virtue As Practice" In The Supreme Court, William W. Van Alstyne
The Enduring Example Of John Marshall Harlan: "Virtue As Practice" In The Supreme Court, William W. Van Alstyne
Faculty Publications
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A Tribute To Judge Charles Clark, Rodney A. Smolla
A Tribute To Judge Charles Clark, Rodney A. Smolla
Faculty Publications
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The Judge, Marianne Wesson
Low Pay Bodes Ill For Judges, Terry English
Low Pay Bodes Ill For Judges, Terry English
Sheldon Plager (1977-1984)
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Judge Lewis R. Morgan: A Partisan Retrospective, Robert D. Brussack
Judge Lewis R. Morgan: A Partisan Retrospective, Robert D. Brussack
Scholarly Works
Professor Brussack first presented his tribute to Judge Morgan at a gathering of Judge Morgan's colleagues and former law clerks on October 20, 1978, at the University of Georgia School of Law.
Tribute To Chief Justice Donald R. Wright, Thomas Ehrlich
Tribute To Chief Justice Donald R. Wright, Thomas Ehrlich
Articles by Maurer Faculty
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