Topic
Judicial Selection
173 published works
Sentencing Law and Policy
Developing a SCOTUS short list of district court judges
Main May 11, 2008Developing a SCOTUS short list of district court judgesWith this Newsweek essay, headlined "The 2008 Bench Press: The most important decision a president ever makes? It's choosing…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Have pro-defendant rulings gotten Justices Scalia and Thomas thrown off the “Justices like…” list?
Main May 6, 2008Have pro-defendant rulings gotten Justices Scalia and Thomas thrown off the "Justices like..." list?John McCain has this new statement on judicial selection on his official website. There…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Insider myopia and the diverse benefits of a short bench
Main February 26, 2008Insider myopia and the diverse benefits of a short benchJeffrey Rosen has this remarkable — and depressingly telling — article online at The New Republic, titled "Short…
The Right Coast
Loaded Arguments: Merit vs. … uh … Non-Merit Selection of Judges Gail Heriot
About a week ago, the Wall Street Journal ran an opinion essay penned by Sandra Day O'Connor critical of certain judicial selection procedures in state courts. She argued that partisan…
Sentencing Law and Policy
A call for SCOTUS Justice diversity
Main October 24, 2007A call for SCOTUS Justice diversityEchoing some thoughts I had during the last round of Supreme Court vacancies, I see thanks to CrimProf and intriguing looking new…
Government and Public Policy
Another Reason for Judicial Selection Reform
Within the past couple of weeks, I have been contacted by two different lawyers about their clients' respective appeals, both of which appear to be on a collision course with the…
Empirical Legal Studies
Appointed and Elected Judges: An Empirical Comparison
A recent paper by Stephen Choi (NYU), Mitu Gulati (Duke), and Eric Posner (Chicago) will surely interest judicial decisionmaking scholars (and others). In Professionals or Politicians: The Uncertain Empirical Case…
The Contingency
Quote of the Day: Roman L. Hruska and Mediocre Judges
Speaking during March 1970 in favor of a U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Senator Roman L. Hruska of Nebraska said:So what if he is mediocre? There are a lot of mediocre…
Government and Public Policy
House Companions to Senate Judicial Selection Bills Filed
According to this week's State Bar Friday Update, Representative Myra Crownover has filed two companion bills (House Bill 1908 and House Joint Resolution 78) to the Senate judicial selection legislation…
Government and Public Policy
Judicial Selection Bills Filed
The State Bar's Friday Update reports that Senator Robert Duncan has filed two judicial selection bills. The first, Senate Bill 806, allows for appointment of certain judicial offices and nonpartisan…