"[P]erceived support of Willis's position on election integrity could cause an objective observer to significantly doubt the undersigned's impartiality in this case"
The 98-year old life-tenured judge loses her final appeal.
"Which tradition prevails: the first 175 years when the people were allowed to govern themselves, or the last 75 years when we lived under judicial rule?"
Textualists cannot rest on Justice Scalia’s laurels. They need to address modern criticisms.
She materially breached the terms of her private reprimand many times over. Impeach her.
Congress needs to revisit this entire regime.
The latest developments make Judge Ross's situation, and the Eleventh Circuit's response, even worse.
Another guest post from Professor Arthur Hellman.
The Times spoke to three of Judge Ross's clerks and obtained the "offensively vague" apology letter.
Two decades after Justice Scalia's Ricci concurrence, the "war between disparate impact and equal protection will be waged" very soon.
She says nothing about Judge Ross's dishonesty, nothing about the private reprimand, and nothing about Pauline Newman.
A guest post from Professor Arthur Hellman.
The SG flipped positions on appeal, and the Chief Justice whips up a blue plate special to deny the carriers a refund.
Another guest post from Professor Arthur Hellman.
130 years later, Justice Harlan's Plessy dissent is now the "supreme law of the land."
Alabama has no obligation to follow a vacated order, and had every right to challenge a district court's order until it is settled by the Supreme Court.
"The way for judges to stop tinkering with the machinery of death is to stop tinkering with the machinery of death."
Perhaps it is common enough for Presidents to sign executive orders he does not read, or for members of Congress to vote on bills they do not read, but federal judges should aspire to a higher standard.
This aspect of the "shadow" docket is largely ignored.
How could it be that not a single member of the 11th Circuit Judicial Council thought to make Judge Betsy's reprimand public?
The Eleventh Circuit's decision to identify a conflict of interest, but not identify the conflicted judge, leaves litigants guessing.
A guest post from Professor Arthur Hellman
Now that her identity is known, the consequences should begin.
The judges of the Fourth Circuit continue to act as advocates.
Compare what Bill Clinton did with Monica Lewinsky to what "Subject Judge" did with her paramour.
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