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Judge Levine: A Survey Of His Most Influential Court Of Appeals Decisions - 1993-2002, Jean D'Alessandro

Touro Law Review

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Is There A Place For Religion In Judicial Decision-Making?, Hon. Kermit V. Lipez

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Judicial Rhetoric & Lawyers' Roles, Samuel J. Levine

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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, …

Discoverymania: Plausibility Pleading As Misprescription, Fabio Arcila Jr.

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In replacing notice pleading with plausibility pleading, the Supreme Court chose to use a pleading solution to address a perceived discovery problem. This dissonance calls into question both the wisdom and legitimacy of the Court’s choice because plausibility pleading is too blunt an instrument to serve the Court’s goals: it is destabilizing because it ignores the interrelationship between discovery and other Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; it is unfairly overinclusive because it impacts all plaintiffs in all federal cases rather than only those in the minority of cases in which discovery is likely to be problematic; and it is unfairly …

Jack B. Weinstein: Judicial Entrepreneur, Jeffrey B. Morris

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The University of Miami Law Review's 2014 Symposium, Leading from Below, honored Judge Jack B. Weinstein for his extraordinary career as a private practitioner, government lawyer, advisor to legislators and executive officials, major legal scholar, and federal district judge for over forty-seven years. It also offered the possibility of pausing for several days to consider the significance of the federal district courts more generally.

This article is intended to look at the career of one very well regarded judge through spectacles that offer a different vantage point on a judicial career. Those spectacles-the concept of judicial entrepreneurship-seem to be particularly …

Lawrence V. Texas: The Decision And Its Implications For The Future, Martin A. Schwartz

Touro Law Review

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Look Back At The Rehnquist Era And An Overview Of The 2004 Supreme Court Term, Erwin Chemerinsky

Touro Law Review

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Dred Scott: A Nightmare For The Originalists, Sol Wachtler

Touro Law Review

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An Overview Of The October 2005 Supreme Court Term, Erwin Chemerinsky

Touro Law Review

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Appellate Division, Second Department, Smith V. Marrus, Elaine Yang

Touro Law Review

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Does Religion Have A Role In Criminal Sentencing?, Jack B. Weinstein

Touro Law Review

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Bernard S. Meyer Et Al., The History Of The New York Court Of Appeals, 1932-2003, Meredith R. Miller

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Pledge, Promise, Or Commit: New York's Tenuous Limitations On Judicial Campaign Speech, Noah Hertz-Bunzl

Touro Law Review

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The Influence Of A Jewish Education And Jewish Values On A Jewish Judge, Alvin K. Hellerstein

Touro Law Review

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Lower Court Compliance With Supreme Court Remands, Elise Borochoff

Touro Law Review

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A Judge’S Judge, Sol Wachtler

Touro Law Review

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The State Of Israel’S Constitution; A Comparison Of Civilized Nations, Mark Goldfeder

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The art of constitution-making is never one-dimensional. In regard to the United States' model, it has recently been argued that "[d]espite the enormous literature on the critical period, including the foreign affairs imperatives behind the movement for reform, it is not fully understood that the animus behind the reform effort that culminated in the new Constitution was a desire to ensure that the United States would be in a position to meet its international commitments and thereby earn international recognition."' While there are obvious differences, and while this concept is perhaps of even greater importance and more poignantly felt for …

The Trial, The Bench, The Net, And The First Amendment: The Possibilities Of Reform In New York State Judicial Elections, Robert Magee

Touro Law Review

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The Praise Of Silly: Critical Legal Studies And The Roberts Court, James F. Lucarello

Touro Law Review

This Comment demonstrates that the Supreme Court is lying to you in its opinions. Why is it lying? The short answer to this question is quite simple: It is being silly.

There is nothing inherently wrong with being silly. In fact, some praise silliness, as a heightened and healthy understanding of the indeterminate world that incorporates our reality. Silliness, how ever, is only praise-worthy when it is understood and utilized purposefully. The silliness of most of the Justices on the Supreme Court, on the other hand, is a product of self-delusion and fundamentalism, which makes their silliness not silly at …

Employment Discrimination Decisions From The October 2008 Term, Drew S. Days Iii

Touro Law Review

Several employment discrimination decisions were handed down this Term. They were Ricci v.DeStefano (Title VII); Gross v.FBL Financial Services, Inc. (Age Discrimination in Employment Act); AT & T Corp. v. Hulteen (Pregnancy Discrimination Act); and 14 Penn Plaza L.L. C. v. Pyett, which concerned the impact of arbitration agreements upon the reach of federal employment discrimination laws.

The October 2008 Term: First Amendment And Then Some, Burt Neuborne

Touro Law Review

Liberals must acknowledge a dirty little secret about American constitutional law; a secret that the Warren Court made apparent, though it had existed from the day John Marshall asserted the power of judicial review in a Constitution that says nothing about it. The secret is that there is no serious theory explaining or justifying what courts actually do when they strike down a statute as unconstitutional.

The Warren years were enormously important in moving the country forward. I do not know what we would have done without the wisdom and courage of the Court. But when you start looking for …

A Passion For Justice, Charles A. Reich

Touro Law Review

What makes a good judge or justice? The public has a need to know. But simplistic labels, such as "activist," "liberal" and "conservative," are both meaningless and misleading. Perhaps aformer law clerk can offer a different perspective.

I served with David J. Vann as law clerk to Justice Hugo L.Black during the momentous 1953 Term of the Supreme Court. This was the year when Brown v. Board of Education was decided. It was also the year when Chief Justice Vinson died and was replaced by the Governor of California, Earl Warren. And it was also a year in which the …

A Tribute To Judge Lazer, Rena C. Seplowitz

Touro Law Review

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Leon Lazer: The Giant Among Us, Howard Glickstein

Touro Law Review

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Bribery In The Judiciary: Rethinking Recusal And Judicial Elections In The Wake Of Caperton V. A.T. Massey Coal Co.: A Jewish Law Perspective, Jacob Z. Weinstein

Touro Law Review

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On The Occasion Of Leon Lazer’S 90th Birthday, Jeffrey B. Morris

Touro Law Review

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A Demanding Boss, Rodger D. Citron

Touro Law Review

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Getting It Right, Eileen Kaufman

Touro Law Review

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Ode To Judge Leon D. Lazer, Martin A. Schwartz

Touro Law Review

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David Trager: Jurist, Jeffrey B. Morris

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