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An Historical Perspective On Judicial Selection Methods In Virginia And West Virginia, Alex B. Long
An Historical Perspective On Judicial Selection Methods In Virginia And West Virginia, Alex B. Long
Scholarly Works
This Article explores the history of judicial selection methods in Virginia and West Virginia - two states, once joined, with distinct cultures and very different judicial selection methods. In an attempt to explain how the two states ended up with such different systems, the Article focuses on the constitutional conventions in those states between 1829 and 1902 and the debates that took place on the subject of popular election of judges versus an appointive system.
Brief Amicus Curiae Of The Idaho Conservation League And The Louisiana Environmental Action Network In Support Of Neither Side, Republican Party Of Minnesota V. Kelly, No. 01-521 (U.S. Jan. 17, 2002), John D. Echeverria
U.S. Supreme Court Briefs
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Clarence Thomas After Ten Years: Some Reflections, Stephen Wermiel
Clarence Thomas After Ten Years: Some Reflections, Stephen Wermiel
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
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Clarence Thomas: The First Ten Years Looking For Consistency, Mark Niles
Clarence Thomas: The First Ten Years Looking For Consistency, Mark Niles
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
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Carter's Groundbreaking Appointment Of Women To The Federal Branch: His Other Human Rights Record, Mary Clark
Carter's Groundbreaking Appointment Of Women To The Federal Branch: His Other Human Rights Record, Mary Clark
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
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Changing The Face Of The Law: How Women's Advocacy Groups Put Women On The Federal Judicial Appointments Agenda, Mary Clark
Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals
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Beyond Interpretation, Pierre Schlag
Giants In A World Of Pygmies? Testing The Superstar Hypothesis With Judicial Opinions In Casebooks, Mitu Gulati, Veronica Sanchez
Giants In A World Of Pygmies? Testing The Superstar Hypothesis With Judicial Opinions In Casebooks, Mitu Gulati, Veronica Sanchez
Faculty Scholarship
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Dissecting Axes Of Subordination: The Need For A Structural Analysis, Darren Lenard Hutchinson
Dissecting Axes Of Subordination: The Need For A Structural Analysis, Darren Lenard Hutchinson
UF Law Faculty Publications
Proceedings of a criminal trial in Dallas, Texas, demonstrate the vulnerability of LGBT individuals to judicial bias. Although the jury convicted the defendant of murdering two gay males, the judge explained his light sentence: "I put prostitutes and gays at about the same level, and I'd be hard put to give somebody life for killing a prostitute . . . had [the victims] not been out there trying to spread AIDS, they'd still be alive today . . . These two guys that got killed wouldn't have been killed if they hadn't been cruising the streets picking up teen-age boys …
The Inside Scoop: What Federal Judges Really Think About The Way Lawyers Write, Kristen Konrad Robbins-Tiscione
The Inside Scoop: What Federal Judges Really Think About The Way Lawyers Write, Kristen Konrad Robbins-Tiscione
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
A recent survey indicates that what troubles federal judges most is not what lawyers say but what they fail to say when writing briefs. Although lawyers do a good job articulating legal issues and citing controlling, relevant legal authority, they are not doing enough with the law itself. Only fifty-six percent of the judges surveyed said that lawyers “always” or “usually” make their client’s best arguments. Fifty-eight percent of the judges rated the quality of the legal analysis as just “good,” as opposed to “excellent” or “very good.” The problem seems to be that briefs lack rigorous analysis, and the …