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Judicial Selection
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Appellate Advocacy Blog
The Ongoing Experiment of State Judicial Selection
In my last article I commented briefly on the political history of the selection and number of justices on the Supreme Court of the United States. As I was writing…
Rush on Business
Iowa Lawmakers Looking to Politicize our Courts?
By Rush Nigut
Let's get down to brass tacks. The main reason Republican lawmakers in Iowa are looking to change the way Iowa judges are selected is because they want protection for social…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
A Historical Picture of Eleven Women Who Could Have (or Would Be) on the Supreme Court
By Tracy Thomas
Meg Penrose, The Way-Pavers: Eleven Supreme Court-worthy Women, Harvard J. Law & Gender (online) (July 2018)Four women have served as associate justices on the United States Supreme Court. Since the Court’s…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Toolkit for op-eds on Supreme Court nomination
In advance of the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the Center for Reproductive Rights has created reference materials and a toolkit for lawyers interested in publishing an…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Betting Odds for Next Supreme Court Justice: Who Will Replace Anthony Kennedy?”
Main June 28, 2018"Betting Odds for Next Supreme Court Justice: Who Will Replace Anthony Kennedy?"Especially in light of the Supreme Court's work earlier this Term in Murphy v. National Collegiate…
The Faculty Lounge
Call for Papers—Judicial Diversity in Transnational Courts — AALS 2019 New Orleans
The AALS Sections on European and African Law invites submissions of paper proposals for the upcoming panel, “Judicial Diversity in Transnational Courts,” which will take place at the 2019 AALS…
PrawfsBlawg
Two thoughts on the recall of Judge Persky
Main Monday, June 11, 2018Two thoughts on the recall of Judge PerskyHaving listened and read various discussions about last week's recall of California trial judge Aaron Persky, I was struck…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Levy on Panel Assignment in the Federal Circuits
Marin Levy has published Panel Assignment in the Federal Courts of Appeals, 103 Cornell L. Rev. 65 (2017). Here’s the abstract:It is common knowledge that the federal courts of appeals…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Oregon Justices Share Experience of Sitting on Majority Female Bench
By Tracy Thomas
Oregon Justices Share Experiences of Sitting on Majority Female Bench (video)For the first time in state history, there are more women than men sitting on the Oregon Supreme Court.*** Justice Rebecca Duncan…
PrawfsBlawg
Conspiracy theory of the day
Main Tuesday, May 16, 2017Conspiracy theory of the dayIn July 2016, after Trump selected Mike Pence as his running mate, Pence visited James Comey at FBI headquarters and said, "I…