Vol. 105 No. 2 (2021) - Judicial Independence

Judicial Independence: Threats Foreign and Domestic

by David F. Levi, Nathan Hecht, Suzanne Spaulding, Rodney Acker and Allyson K. Duncan

Vol. 105 No. 2 (2021) | Judicial Independence

Judicial Independence has so long been a pillar of American government that perhaps it was at one time taken for granted. The idea that politicians would intimidate judges, that judges […]

Civic Education: Sharing the Values of Judicial Independence

by Jeremy Fogel, Dahlia Lithwick, D. Brooks Smith and Thelton Henderson

Vol. 105 No. 2 (2021) | Judicial Independence

In May, the Federal Judge Association hosted a panel that examined judicial independence on a micro level, discussing the individual process of judging, the values judges strive to embody, and […]

The Moral Order of Perry Mason’s Universe

by Jacqui Shine

Vol. 105 No. 2 (2021) | Judicial Independence

When it premiered on CBS in 1957, Perry Mason represented the birth of the television courtroom procedural. For decades, Mason, a criminal defense attorney who almost always emerged from the court victorious, […]

A Tall Texan, A Great Man: Judge Thomas Morrow Reavley

by Rhesa Hawkins Barksdale

Vol. 105 No. 2 (2021) | Judicial Independence

A great man and Tall Texan (6’4”), The Honorable Thomas Morrow Reavley died on 1 December 2020, only about seven months shy of reaching 100. The depth and breadth of […]

Are judges and the justice system ready for driverless cars?

by Christopher Copp and Markus Kemmelmeier

Vol. 105 No. 2 (2021) | Judicial Independence

Autonomous vehicles have long ignited the American imagination. Increasingly, they have caught the attention of lawyers and judges as well. The integration of autonomous vehicles (AVs) represents a startling shift […]

Honoring the 2020 & 2021 Recipients of the Bolch Prize

by David F. Levi, Dikgang Moseneke and Margaret H. Marshall

Vol. 105 No. 2 (2021) | Judicial Independence

The Bolch Judicial Institute at Duke Law School honored the 2020 and 2021 recipients of the Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law during a virtual program hosted by PBS […]

Another plea to hold the acronyms (PDF)

by Joseph Kimble

Vol. 105 No. 2 (2021) | Judicial Independence

First, a technical distinction: an acronym is pronounced as a word (“scuba” = self-contained underwater breathing apparatus); an initialism is pronounced letter by letter (“IBM”). Informally, “acronym” is often used for […]

The Burden of Privacy In Discovery

by Robert D. Keeling and Ray Mangum

Vol. 105 No. 2 (2021) | Judicial Independence

With the proliferation of social media platforms and other new technologies has come a renewed legal focus on privacy. Most of that focus has centered on data collection, storage, sharing, […]

The Privacy-Protection Hook in the Federal Rules

by Steven S. Gensler and Lee Rosenthal

Vol. 105 No. 2 (2021) | Judicial Independence

With the proliferation of social media platforms and other new technologies has come a renewed legal focus on privacy. Most of that focus has centered on data collection, storage, sharing, […]

Monitoring the Misdemeanor Bail Reform Consent Decree in Harris County, Texas

by Brandon Garrett and Sandra Guerra Thompson

Vol. 105 No. 2 (2021) | Judicial Independence

Maranda ODonnell was driving to her mother’s house to pick up her four-year-old daughter when she was stopped by police and arrested for driving with a suspended license. As was […]

Judicial Temperament, Explained

by Terry A. Maroney

Vol. 105 No. 2 (2021) | Judicial Independence

[I]t seems to me that temperament is the key to everything else that one does on the bench.1 Elusive as it is important, judicial temperament is notoriously hard to define.2 Judicial […]

The Clerkship Academia Continuum

by Merritt McAlister and Katherine Mims Crocker

Vol. 105 No. 2 (2021) | Judicial Independence

In the spring 2021 edition of Judicature (Vol. 105 No. 1), Florida International University Law Professor Howard Wasserman published data analyzing the number of current law professors who have served in clerkships […]

The NCSC marks 50 years of service to state courts

by Jesse Rutledge and Charles F. Campbell

Vol. 105 No. 2 (2021) | Judicial Independence

When Chief Justice Warren Burger called for the creation of “A National Center for State Courts” at the first National Conference of the Judiciary in 1971, it is safe to assume […]

Judicial Honors

by Maya K. Bell and Eric Surber

Vol. 105 No. 2 (2021) | Judicial Independence

Judge Linda Hidalgo of Harris County, Texas, is a 2021 recipient of the John F. Kennedy New Frontier Award. The award honors Americans under 40 who are changing the country through […]