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SCOTUS ‘Shadow Docket’ Secretly Pushes Agendas, Issues Major Rulings Without Argument or Public Knowledge
Article • September 15, 2020 • from CLN October, 2020
Filed under: Judiciary, Comments by Judge
SCOTUS ‘Shadow Docket’ Secretly Pushes Agendas, Issues Major Rulings Without Argument or Public Knowledge by Dale Chappell  by Dale Chappell For the first time since 1862, the U.S. Supreme Court has decided a record low number of regular-docket cases – just 52. But that doesn’t mean the highest court in …
Prosecutors Overrepresented Among Federal Judges
Article • April 15, 2020 • from CLN May, 2020
Filed under: Judiciary, Criticism of Government
Prosecutors Overrepresented Among Federal Judges by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Imagine your alma mater was about to play its rival in the season’s biggest game. Imagine also that, the day before the game, it was revealed that the majority of the referees were alumni of the other school. Even …
Partial Justice
Article • September 16, 2019 • from CLN October, 2019
Filed under: Judicial Misconduct, Judiciary, Wrongful Conviction, Constitution, U.S.
Partial Justice by Christopher Zoukis How a Judiciary Poisoned by Politics, Ideology, and Unaccountability Contributes to the Wrongful Conviction of Innocent Men and Women by Christopher Zoukis, MBA Alexander Hamilton said in Federalist Paper No. 78 that the judiciary “may truly be said to have neither force nor will but …
Michigan Supreme Court Announces New Rule for Appointing Expert Witness for Indigent Defendants, No Longer Left to Trial Judge’s Discretion
Article • December 5, 2018 • from CLN December, 2018
Filed under: Judiciary, Indigent Defense, Expert Witnesses, Criminal Procedure
Michigan Supreme Court Announces New Rule for Appointing Expert Witness for Indigent Defendants, No Longer Left to Trial Judge’s Discretion by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The Supreme Court of Michigan held that a trial judge’s discretion plays no part in appointing an expert witness for a defendant; instead, a …
Is a Florida Chief Judge Taking Cues From a Prosecutor?
Article • November 1, 2018 • from CLN November, 2018
Filed under: Judicial Misconduct, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Prosecutors, Judiciary
Is a Florida Chief Judge Taking Cues From a Prosecutor? by Jacqueline Azis, Somil Trivedi by Jacqueline Azis, Staff Attorney, ACLU of Florida & Somil Trivedi, Staff Attorney, ACLU Trone Center for Justice and Equality Prosecutors are some of the most powerful elected officials in our country. They decide what …
11th Circuit Rules Immigration Judges are United States Judges for Purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 115(a)(1)(B)
Article • September 23, 2018 • from CLN October, 2018
Filed under: Criminal Prosecution, Judiciary
11th Circuit Rules Immigration Judges are United States Judges for Purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 115(a)(1)(B) by David Reutter by David Reutter In an issue of first impression nationally, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that an immigration judge is a “United States judge” within the …
South Dakota Supreme Court Rules that Trial Court Cannot Reject a Plea Agreement It Already Implicitly Accepted
Article • August 17, 2018 • from CLN September, 2018
Filed under: Guilty Pleas, Judiciary, Trials
South Dakota Supreme Court Rules that Trial Court Cannot Reject a Plea Agreement It Already Implicitly Accepted by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Supreme Court of the State of South Dakota reversed a trial court’s decision to reject a binding plea agreement because it had already implicitly accepted the …
New Politics of Judicial Elections, Justice at Stake, 2006
Publication • December 1, 2016
Filed under: Court Access, Judiciary
New Politics of Judicial Elections, Justice at Stake, 2006 THE NEW POLITICS OF JUDICIAL ELECTIONS 2006 How 2006 Was the Most Threatening Year Yet to the Fairness and Impartiality of Our Courts—and How Americans are Fighting Back by James Sample and Lauren Jones Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School …
Regaining Perspective - Constitutional Criminal Adjudication in the U.S. Supreme Court, Crespo, 1985
Publication • August 12, 2016
Filed under: Court Access, Judiciary, Due Process
Regaining Perspective - Constitutional Criminal Adjudication in the U.S. Supreme Court, Crespo, 1985 Article Regaining Perspective: Constitutional Criminal Adjudication in the U.S. Supreme Court Andrew Manuel Crespo† INTRODUCTION A classic is a work that lives on through time, not because it is static and inert, but because it speaks continuously …
The New Politics of Judicial Elections 2000-2009, Brennan Center for Justice, 2010
Publication • August 10, 2016
Filed under: Court Access, Judiciary
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Elected Judges and the Death Penalty in Texas, Bright, 2000
Publication • August 3, 2016
Filed under: Judiciary, Death Penalty/Death Row, Death Penalty
Elected Judges and the Death Penalty in Texas, Bright, 2000 Elected Judges and the Death Penalty in Texas: Why Full Habeas Corpus Review by Independent Federal Judges Is Indispensable to Protecting Constitutional Rights Stephen B. Bright* Texas Law Review, Volume 78, page 1806 (2000) Copyright c 2000 Texas Law Review …
The Gavel Gap: Who Sits in Judgement on State Courts, ACSLP, 2016
Publication • 2016
Filed under: Organizing, Court Access, Judiciary, Civil Procedure
The Gavel Gap: Who Sits in Judgement on State Courts, ACSLP, 2016 The Gavel gap WHO SITS IN JUDGMENT ON STATE COURTS? BY TRACEY E. GEORGE AND ALBERT H. YOON 1| SUMMARY 2| BACKGROUND 3| R E S U LT S 4| CONCLUSION 5| AT T R I B U …
Can Judicial Independence Be Attained in the South, GA State University Law Review (Bright), Vol 14, P 817, July, 1998
Publication • February 15, 2016
Filed under: Court Access, Judiciary
Can Judicial Independence Be Attained in the South, GA State University Law Review (Bright), Vol 14, P 817, July, 1998 CAN JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE BE ATTAINED IN THE SOUTH? OVERCOMING HISTORY, ELECTIONS, AND MISPERCEPTIONS ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE JUDICIARY By Stephen B. Bright* Volume 14, Georgia State University Law Review, …
Appendix Two Judicial Selection Methods
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Filed under: Court Access, Judiciary
Appendix Two Judicial Selection Methods File: Varsho Created on: 4/29/2007 4:10:00 PM 494 Last Printed: 4/29/2007 4:17:00 PM [Vol. 27 NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW TABLE 3: VARIATIONS ON STATE SELECTION METHODS State Selection Method References Vermont The governor appoints judges from a list provided by the judicial nominating board, …
2007 Year-end Report on the Federal Judiciary 2008
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Filed under: Court Access, Judiciary
2007 Year-end Report on the Federal Judiciary 2008 EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE January 1, 2008, 12:01 a.m. E.S.T. For further information, contact the Public Information Office 202-479-3211 2007 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary On a warm and sunny Wednesday in September of the past year, a Russian judge, accompanied by …
Usms Hattiesburg Inciden Dec 2007
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Filed under: Court Access, Judiciary
Usms Hattiesburg Inciden Dec 2007 Description of document: US Department of Justice US Marshals Service investigative summary of “The Hattiesburg Incident” of 07-April-2004 (image only version) Released date: 12-December-2007 Posted date: 12-December-2007 Posted date: TBD Title of Document Various Source of document: FOIA/PA Officer Office of General Counsel Department of …
Senate Judiciary State Tort Claims Act and Fiscal Impact on Corrections 2009
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Filed under: Court Access, Judiciary
Senate Judiciary State Tort Claims Act and Fiscal Impact on Corrections 2009 MEMORANDUM TO: Members of the Senate Judiciary and Appropriations Committees FROM: Robert Appel, Executive Director DATE: May 13, 2009 RE: STATE TORT CLAIMS ACT AND THE POTENTAIL FISCAL IMPACT ON CORRECTIONS OF S. 97—STATE ________________________________________________________________________ TITLE 12: CH. …
Us Gao Federal Judgeship Workload Measures Report 2009
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Filed under: Court Access, Judiciary
Us Gao Federal Judgeship Workload Measures Report 2009 United States Government Accountability Office GAO Statement for the Record, Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts For Release on Delivery Expected at 2:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday, September 30, 2009 FEDERAL JUDGESHIPS The General Accuracy of District …
Nashville Post Article on Puryear Nomination 2008
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Filed under: Court Access, Judiciary
Nashville Post Article on Puryear Nomination 2008 Puryear's judicial bid takes another hit | Affairs of State | NashvillePost.... 1 of 2 http://www.nashvillepost.com/news/2008/5/7/puryears_judicial_bid_tak... Puryear's judicial bid takes another hit Articles have Washington insiders saying Corrections Corp. general counsel should keep his day job By Ken Whitehouse 05-07-2008 11:13 AM — …
Harvard Law Review Whose Eyes Are You Going to Believe Perils of Cognitive Illiberalism Jan 2009
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Filed under: Court Access, Judiciary
Harvard Law Review Whose Eyes Are You Going to Believe Perils of Cognitive Illiberalism Jan 2009 VOLUME 122 JANUARY 2009 NUMBER 3 © 2009 by The Harvard Law Review Association ARTICLE WHOSE EYES ARE YOU GOING TO BELIEVE? SCOTT V. HARRIS AND THE PERILS OF COGNITIVE ILLIBERALISM Dan M. Kahan, …
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