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The D'Oh! Of Popular Constiutitonalism, Neal Devins
The D'Oh! Of Popular Constiutitonalism, Neal Devins
Neal E. Devins
No abstract provided.
The Origins (And Fragility) Of Judicial Independence, Tara Leigh Grove
The Origins (And Fragility) Of Judicial Independence, Tara Leigh Grove
Tara L. Grove
The federal judiciary today takes certain things for granted. Political actors will not attempt to remove Article III judges outside the impeachment process; they will not obstruct federal court orders; and they will not tinker with the Supreme Court’s size in order to pack it with like-minded Justices. And yet a closer look reveals that these “self-evident truths” of judicial independence are neither self-evident nor necessary implications of our constitutional text, structure, and history. This Article demonstrates that many government officials once viewed these court-curbing measures as not only constitutionally permissible but also desirable (and politically viable) methods of “checking” …
The Structural Case For Vertical Maximalism, Tara Leigh Grove
The Structural Case For Vertical Maximalism, Tara Leigh Grove
Tara L. Grove
Many prominent jurists and scholars, including those with outlooks as diverse as Chief Justice John Roberts and Cass Sunstein, have recently advocated a “minimalist” approach to opinion writing at the Supreme Court. They assert that the Court should issue narrow, fact-bound decisions that do not resolve much beyond the case before it. I argue that minimalism, as employed by the current Supreme Court, is in tension with the structure of the Constitution. Article III and the Supremacy Clause, along with historical evidence from the Founding Era, suggest that the Constitution creates a hierarchical judiciary and gives the Court a “supreme” …
The Power Of "So-Called Judges", Tara Leigh Grove
Judging In The Age Of Technology, Fredric I. Lederer
Judging In The Age Of Technology, Fredric I. Lederer
Fredric I. Lederer
No abstract provided.
Needed: An Independent Military Judiciary- A Proposal To Amend The Uniform Code Of Military Justice, Fredric I. Lederer, Barbara S. Hundley
Needed: An Independent Military Judiciary- A Proposal To Amend The Uniform Code Of Military Justice, Fredric I. Lederer, Barbara S. Hundley
Fredric I. Lederer
No abstract provided.
Government Lawyers And The New Deal, Neal Devins
Finding Data And Statistics On Judges, Leslie A. Street
Finding Data And Statistics On Judges, Leslie A. Street
Leslie A. Street
No abstract provided.
'"Ideology" Or "Situation Sense"? An Experimental Investigation Of Motivated Reasoning And Professional Judgment, Dan M. Kahan, David Hoffman, Danieli Evans, Neal Devins, Eugene Lucci, Katherine Cheng
'"Ideology" Or "Situation Sense"? An Experimental Investigation Of Motivated Reasoning And Professional Judgment, Dan M. Kahan, David Hoffman, Danieli Evans, Neal Devins, Eugene Lucci, Katherine Cheng
Neal E. Devins
This Article reports the results of a study on whether political predispositions influence judicial decisionmaking. The study was designed to overcome the two principal limitations on existing empirical studies that purport to find such an influence: the use of nonexperimental methods to assess the decisions of actual judges; and the failure to use actual judges in ideologically-biased-reasoning experiments. The study involved a sample of sitting judges (n = 253), who, like members of a general public sample (n = 800), were culturally polarized on climate change, marijuana legalization and other contested issues. When the study subjects were assigned to analyze …
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
Davison M. Douglas
No abstract provided.
Rationing The Constitution: Beyond And Below, Aaron-Andrew P. Bruhl
Rationing The Constitution: Beyond And Below, Aaron-Andrew P. Bruhl
Aaron-Andrew P. Bruhl
No abstract provided.
The Power Of Imagination: Diversity And The Education Of Lawyers And Judges, Barry Sullivan
The Power Of Imagination: Diversity And The Education Of Lawyers And Judges, Barry Sullivan
Barry Sullivan
No abstract provided.
Just Listening: The Equal Hearing Principle And The Moral Life Of Judges, Barry Sullivan
Just Listening: The Equal Hearing Principle And The Moral Life Of Judges, Barry Sullivan
Barry Sullivan
No abstract provided.
Stacking In Criminal Procedure Adjudication;Symposium On Criminal Procedure: Judicial Proceedings, Luke M. Milligan
Stacking In Criminal Procedure Adjudication;Symposium On Criminal Procedure: Judicial Proceedings, Luke M. Milligan
Luke Milligan
The institutionalist branch of "Law and Courts" studies how judges incorporate institutional constraints into their decision-making processes. Congressional constraints on judicial review, as the literature currently stands, fall into one of two general classes: overrides and Court-curbing measures. This taxonomy, however, is incomplete. Neither overrides nor curbing measures are needed to explain the not uncommon situation where a policy-oriented Justice deviates from a preferred vote based on the belief that such a vote will prompt Congress to alter an "insulated base rule" in a way that disrupts the Justice's larger policy agenda. An "insulated base rule" is a Congressional policy …
When Should The First Amendment Protect Judges From Their Unethical Speech?, Lynne H. Rambo
When Should The First Amendment Protect Judges From Their Unethical Speech?, Lynne H. Rambo
Lynne H. Rambo
Judges harm the judicial institution when they engage in inflammatory or overtly political extrajudicial speech. The judiciary can be effective only when it has the trust of the citizenry, and judicial statements of that sort render it impossible for citizens to see judges as neutral and contemplative arbiters. This lack of confidence would seem especially dangerous in times like these, when the citizenry is as polarized as it has ever been.
Ethical codes across the country (based on the Model Code of Judicial Conduct) prohibit judges from making these partisan, prejudicial or otherwise improper remarks. Any discipline can be undone, …
The Place Of Court-Connected Mediation In A Democratic Justice System, Nancy A. Welsh
The Place Of Court-Connected Mediation In A Democratic Justice System, Nancy A. Welsh
Nancy Welsh
A justice system, and the processes located within it, ought to deliver justice. That seems simple enough. But, of course, delivering justice is never so simple. Justice and the systems that serve it are the creatures of context.
This Article considers mediation as just one innovation within the much larger evolution of the judicial system of the United States. First, this Article outlines how the values of democratic governance undergird our traditional picture of the American justice system, presumably because the invocation of such values helps the system to deliver something that will be respected by the nation’s citizens as …
Justice For Sale: Contemplations On The "Impartial" Judge In A Citizens United World, Aviva Abramovsky
Justice For Sale: Contemplations On The "Impartial" Judge In A Citizens United World, Aviva Abramovsky
Aviva Abramovsky
Although it has long been in vogue to discredit the judiciary, it remains the most trusted of the three branches of government. However, empirical evidence supports the idea that judicial campaign donations affect judicial decision making. The reality of political campaigns under Citizens United has the potential to further undermine the public perception of judges and to enhance the potential for corruption of the judiciary.
Absolute Immunity: General Principles And Recent Developments, Erwin Chemerinsky
Absolute Immunity: General Principles And Recent Developments, Erwin Chemerinsky
Erwin Chemerinsky
No abstract provided.
Supreme Conundrum: A Look Into Neil Gorsuch, And Why This Particular Supreme Court Confirmation Is So Important To The Current Split Between Liberal And Conservative Justices, Alan E. Garfield
Alan E Garfield
No abstract provided.
Judges Or Hostages? The Bureaucratization Of The Court Of Justice Of The European Union And The European Court Of Human Rights, Mathilde Cohen
Judges Or Hostages? The Bureaucratization Of The Court Of Justice Of The European Union And The European Court Of Human Rights, Mathilde Cohen
Mathilde Cohen
The French Prosecutor As Judge. The Carpenter’S Mistake?, Mathilde Cohen
The French Prosecutor As Judge. The Carpenter’S Mistake?, Mathilde Cohen
Mathilde Cohen
Proportionality, Discretion, And The Roles Of Judges And Prosecutors At Sentencing, Palma Paciocco
Proportionality, Discretion, And The Roles Of Judges And Prosecutors At Sentencing, Palma Paciocco
Palma Paciocco
The Supreme Court of Canada recently held that prosecutors are not constitutionally obligated to consider the principle of proportionality when exercising their discretion in a manner that narrows the range of available sentences: since only judges are responsible for sentencing, they alone are constitutionally required to ensure proportionality. When mandatory minimum sentences apply, however, judges have limited sentencing discretion and may be unable to achieve proportionality. If the Court takes the principle of proportionality seriously, and if it insists that only judges are constitutionally bound to enforce that principle, it must therefore create new tools whereby judges can avoid imposing …
The Elusive "Marketplace" In Post-Bilski Jurisprudence, Andrew Chin
The Elusive "Marketplace" In Post-Bilski Jurisprudence, Andrew Chin
Andrew Chin
The Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Bilski v. Kappos appears to have provided inadequate guidance to the courts and the Patent Office regarding the scope of the abstract-ideas exclusion from patentable subject matter. Federal Circuit Chief Judge Randall R. Rader, however, appears to have found in that decision a clear vindication of his own view that the machine-or-transformation test is incorrectly grounded in “the age of iron and steel at a time of subatomic particles and terabytes,” and thus fails, for example, to accommodate advances in “software [that] transform[] our lives without physical anchors.” Chief Judge Rader has subsequently authored …
Gender, Race, And Intersectionality On The Federal Appellate Bench., Todd Collins, Laura Moyer
Gender, Race, And Intersectionality On The Federal Appellate Bench., Todd Collins, Laura Moyer
Laura Moyer
While theoretical justifications predict that a judge’s gender and race may influence judicial decisions, empirical support for these arguments has been mixed. However, recent increases in judicial diversity necessitate a reexamination of these earlier studies. Rather than examining individual judges on a single characteristic, such as gender or race alone, this research note argues that the intersection of individual characteristics may provide an alternative approach for evaluating the effects of diversity on the federal appellate bench. The results of cohort models examining the joint effects of race and gender suggest that minority female judges are more likely to support criminal …
Conflict Of Laws: Foreign Law As Datum, Herma Hill Kay
Conflict Of Laws: Foreign Law As Datum, Herma Hill Kay
Herma Hill Kay
Examines the contributions of California Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Traynor to the field of conflict of laws. Review of the case of the 'Estate of Perkins'; Case of 'Bernkrant v. Fowler'; View that Traynor's approach to a conflicts problem cannot be equalled by other judges.
Linking Law And Life: Justice Sotomayor’S Judicial Voice, Laura K. Ray
Linking Law And Life: Justice Sotomayor’S Judicial Voice, Laura K. Ray
Laura K. Ray
Creating Legal Doctrine, Edward L. Rubin, Malcolm Feeley
Creating Legal Doctrine, Edward L. Rubin, Malcolm Feeley
Malcolm Feeley
No abstract provided.
Tradition, Judges, And Civil Liberties In Canada, Douglas Hay
Tradition, Judges, And Civil Liberties In Canada, Douglas Hay
Douglas C. Hay
Comments on the role of the first chief justice of Upper Canada, William Osgoode (1754-1824), on shaping the law during a period of "counter-revolutionary and anti-democratic repression throughout the British Empire." Concludes that laws were often presented as emergency legislation that nevertheless effectively became permanent, challenging civil liberties in times of political or social conflict
Judicial Rhetoric & Lawyers' Roles, Samuel J. Levine
Judicial Rhetoric & Lawyers' Roles, Samuel J. Levine
Samuel J. Levine
Notwithstanding the rich scholarly literature debating the proper roles of lawyers and the precise contours of lawyers’ ethical conduct, as a descriptive matter, the American legal system operates as an adversarial system, premised in part upon clear demarcations between the functions of different lawyers within the system. Broadly speaking, prosecutors have the distinct role of serving justice, which includes the duty to try to convict criminal defendants who are deserving of punishment, in a way that is consistent with both substantive and procedural justice. In contrast, private attorneys have a duty to zealously represent the best interests of their clients, …
Eviction Court And A Judicial Duty Of Inquiry, Harold J. Krent
Eviction Court And A Judicial Duty Of Inquiry, Harold J. Krent
Harold J. Krent
ABSTRACT
The Illinois Appellate Court in Draper & Kramer v. King reversed a court ordered eviction on the ground that the tenant likely did not appreciate that she had agreed in a settlement to vacate her residence in addition to paying arrears on rent. In the chaotic environment of eviction court proceedings, tenants too often pledge paying back rent without realizing that, at the same time, they have agreed to be evicted and that the court ordered eviction will follow them for the rest of their lives. In Chicago, at least, the potential for confusion is enhanced because the agreed …