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Judicial Independence, Judicial Responsibility: A District Judge's Perspective, Joan Humphrey Lefkow Mar 2008

Judicial Independence, Judicial Responsibility: A District Judge's Perspective, Joan Humphrey Lefkow

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Law Clerk Influence On Supreme Court Decision Making: An Empirical Assessment, Todd C. Peppers, Christopher Zorn Jan 2008

Law Clerk Influence On Supreme Court Decision Making: An Empirical Assessment, Todd C. Peppers, Christopher Zorn

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Here, we undertake the first effort at assessing the existence and extent of law clerk influence in the U.S. Supreme Court. Drawing upon original survey data on the political ideology of 532 former law clerks, we evaluate the extent to which both the Justice's personal policy preferences and those of his or her law clerks exert an independent influence on the Justice's votes. While our results are preliminary, they nonetheless support the contention that--over and above "selection effects" due to Justices choosing like-minded clerks--clerks' ideological predilections exert an additional, and not insubstantial, influence on the Justices' decisions on the merits. …


"Sociological Legitimacy" In Supreme Court Opinions, Michael L. Wells Jun 2007

"Sociological Legitimacy" In Supreme Court Opinions, Michael L. Wells

Washington and Lee Law Review

Analysis of a Supreme Court opinion ordinarily begins from the premise that the opinion is a transparent window into the Court's thinking, such that the reasons offered by the Court are, or ought to be, the reasons that account for the holding. Scholars debate the strength of the Court's reasoning, question or defend the Court's candor, and propose alternative ways of justifying the ruling. This Article takes issue with the transparency premise, on both descriptive and normative grounds. Especially in controversial cases, the Court is at least as much concerned with presenting its holding in a way that will win …


The Trial Judge's Equitable Discretion Following Ebay V. Mercexchange, Doug Rendleman Jan 2007

The Trial Judge's Equitable Discretion Following Ebay V. Mercexchange, Doug Rendleman

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The Decision Maker Matters: An Empirical Examination Of The Way The Role Of The Judge And The Jury Influence Death Penalty Decision-Making, William J. Bowers, Wanda D. Foglia, Jean E. Giles, Michael E. Antonio Jun 2006

The Decision Maker Matters: An Empirical Examination Of The Way The Role Of The Judge And The Jury Influence Death Penalty Decision-Making, William J. Bowers, Wanda D. Foglia, Jean E. Giles, Michael E. Antonio

Washington and Lee Law Review

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The Limits Of The Olympian Court: Common Law Judging Versus Error Correction In The Supreme Court, Carolyn Shapiro Jan 2006

The Limits Of The Olympian Court: Common Law Judging Versus Error Correction In The Supreme Court, Carolyn Shapiro

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Judges As Trustees: A Duty To Account And An Opportunity For Virtue, Sarah M. R. Cravens Sep 2005

Judges As Trustees: A Duty To Account And An Opportunity For Virtue, Sarah M. R. Cravens

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Unspoken Questions In The Rule 32.1 Debate: Precedent And Psychology In Judging, David E. Klein Sep 2005

Unspoken Questions In The Rule 32.1 Debate: Precedent And Psychology In Judging, David E. Klein

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Much Ado About The Tip Of An Iceberg, William M. Richman Sep 2005

Much Ado About The Tip Of An Iceberg, William M. Richman

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Judicial Triage: Reflections On The Debate Over Unpublished Opinions, David C. Vladeck, Mitu Gulati Sep 2005

Judicial Triage: Reflections On The Debate Over Unpublished Opinions, David C. Vladeck, Mitu Gulati

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Much Ado About Little: Explaining The Sturm Und Drang Over The Citation Of Unpublished Opinions, Patrick J. Schiltz Sep 2005

Much Ado About Little: Explaining The Sturm Und Drang Over The Citation Of Unpublished Opinions, Patrick J. Schiltz

Washington and Lee Law Review

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The Dog That Did Not Bark: No-Citation Rules, Judicial Conference Rulemaking, And Federal Public Defenders, Stephen R. Barnett Sep 2005

The Dog That Did Not Bark: No-Citation Rules, Judicial Conference Rulemaking, And Federal Public Defenders, Stephen R. Barnett

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Take A Letter, Your Honor: Outing The Judicial Epistemology Of Hart V. Massanari, Penelope Pether Sep 2005

Take A Letter, Your Honor: Outing The Judicial Epistemology Of Hart V. Massanari, Penelope Pether

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Commentary: Unpublication And The Judicial Concept Of Audience, Joan M. Shaughnessy Sep 2005

Commentary: Unpublication And The Judicial Concept Of Audience, Joan M. Shaughnessy

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Publishing Dissent, Arthur J. Jacobson Sep 2005

Publishing Dissent, Arthur J. Jacobson

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Parades Of Horribles, Circles Of Hell: Ethical Dimensions Of The Publication Controversy, David S. Caudill Sep 2005

Parades Of Horribles, Circles Of Hell: Ethical Dimensions Of The Publication Controversy, David S. Caudill

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Fourth Circuit Publication Practices, Carl Tobias Sep 2005

Fourth Circuit Publication Practices, Carl Tobias

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Saving Section 5: Lessons From Consent Decrees And Ex Parte Young, Pratik A. Shah Jun 2005

Saving Section 5: Lessons From Consent Decrees And Ex Parte Young, Pratik A. Shah

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Restraint And Responsibility: Judicial Review Of Campaign Reform, Spencer Overton Mar 2004

Restraint And Responsibility: Judicial Review Of Campaign Reform, Spencer Overton

Washington and Lee Law Review

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A Subversive Strand Of The Warren Court, Gary Peller Sep 2002

A Subversive Strand Of The Warren Court, Gary Peller

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Causation, Constitutional Principles, And The Jurisprudential Legacy Of The Warren Court, Michelle Adams Sep 2002

Causation, Constitutional Principles, And The Jurisprudential Legacy Of The Warren Court, Michelle Adams

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Equal Educational Opportunity By The Numbers: The Warren Court's Empirical Legacy, Michael Heise Sep 2002

Equal Educational Opportunity By The Numbers: The Warren Court's Empirical Legacy, Michael Heise

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Come Back To The Nickel And Five:* Tracing The Warren Court's Pursuit Of Equal Justice Under Law, Jim Chen Sep 2002

Come Back To The Nickel And Five:* Tracing The Warren Court's Pursuit Of Equal Justice Under Law, Jim Chen

Washington and Lee Law Review

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The Warren Court, Criminal Procedure Reform, And Retributive Punishment, Darryl K. Brown Sep 2002

The Warren Court, Criminal Procedure Reform, And Retributive Punishment, Darryl K. Brown

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Irreparability Resurrected?: Does A Recalibrated Irreparable Injury Rule Threaten The Warren Court's Establishment Clause Legacy?, Doug Rendleman Sep 2002

Irreparability Resurrected?: Does A Recalibrated Irreparable Injury Rule Threaten The Warren Court's Establishment Clause Legacy?, Doug Rendleman

Washington and Lee Law Review

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How The Supreme Court Delivers Fire And Ice To State Criminal Justice, Ronald F. Wright Sep 2002

How The Supreme Court Delivers Fire And Ice To State Criminal Justice, Ronald F. Wright

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Marbury Ascendant: The Rehnquist Court And The Power To "Say What The Law Is", Timothy Zick Jun 2002

Marbury Ascendant: The Rehnquist Court And The Power To "Say What The Law Is", Timothy Zick

Washington and Lee Law Review

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The Evolution Of The "Essential Nexus": How State And Federal Courts Have Applied Nollan And Dolan And Where They Should Go From Here, J. David Breemer Mar 2002

The Evolution Of The "Essential Nexus": How State And Federal Courts Have Applied Nollan And Dolan And Where They Should Go From Here, J. David Breemer

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Judicial Personality: Rhetoric And Emotion In Supreme Court Opinions, Laura Krugman Ray Jan 2002

Judicial Personality: Rhetoric And Emotion In Supreme Court Opinions, Laura Krugman Ray

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Checking Congress And Balancing Federalism: A Lesson From Separation-Of-Powers Jurisprudence, Keith Werham Sep 2000

Checking Congress And Balancing Federalism: A Lesson From Separation-Of-Powers Jurisprudence, Keith Werham

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.