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Why Kavanaugh Should Not Attend The White House Ceremony, Michael Herz
Why Kavanaugh Should Not Attend The White House Ceremony, Michael Herz
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Brett Kavanaugh is now Justice Kavanaugh. He has been nominated, confirmed and — in a private ceremony on Saturday conducted by Chief Justice John Roberts and the retired Justice Anthony Kennedy — sworn in. There is nothing left to do. So why is he scheduled to be at the White House on Monday evening for a public ceremony, one that President Trump has inaccurately called a “swearing-in ceremony”?
How Strong Does The Evidence Against Kavanaugh Need To Be?, Katherine A. Shaw
How Strong Does The Evidence Against Kavanaugh Need To Be?, Katherine A. Shaw
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The allegation made by Christine Blasey Ford — that at age 15 she was the victim of a sexual assault by a 17-year-old Brett Kavanaugh — has not only upended Judge Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings, but has also left Americans wondering what standards should apply to an accusation like this.
Why Did Liberals Join The Majority In The Masterpiece Case?, Katherine A. Shaw
Why Did Liberals Join The Majority In The Masterpiece Case?, Katherine A. Shaw
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It was no surprise that Justice Anthony Kennedy, who has cast the decisive vote in so many important Supreme Court cases, wrote Monday’s majority opinion in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. The court ruled in favor of a Colorado baker named Jack Phillips who, on religious grounds, had refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple.
Qualified Immunity At Trial, Alexander A. Reinert
Qualified Immunity At Trial, Alexander A. Reinert
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Qualified immunity doctrine is complex and important, and for many years it was assumed to have an outsize impact on civil rights cases by imposing significant barriers to success for plaintiffs. Recent empirical work has cast that assumption into doubt, at least as to the impact qualified immunity has at pretrial stages of litigation. This Essay adds to this empirical work by evaluating the impact of qualified immunity at trial, a subject that to date has not been empirically tested. The results reported here suggest that juries are rarely asked to answer questions that bear on the qualified immunity defense. …