Redlines
In these two examples, I have done very little rewriting. I simply used plain words and cut unnecessary words (including the egregiously unnecessary parentheticals). And in the second one, I […]
Case Note
Cain v. City of New Orleans (15-cv-04479) brings into sharp relief issues threatening the judiciaryās legitimacy, while simultaneously providing a procedural roadmap applying the 2015 discovery-proportionality amendments ā themes highlighted […]
Feature
by Gregory Mize and Thomas A. Balmer
Vol. 101 No. 1 (2017) | Citizen-centered CourtsMany remember the alarming call to mission control from the Apollo 13 spacecraft crew. āHouston, weāve had a problem.ā Well, dear Judicature readers, we denizens of the judicial system have […]
Briefs
As the Great Recession ends, judicial salaries ā stagnant for most of that period ā appear to be on the rise. But a long-running debate over the role of judicial […]
Perspective
by Eric J. Segall and Erwin Chemerinsky
Vol. 101 No. 2 (2017) | Can science save justice?On Jan. 24, 2017, the United Kingdomās Supreme Court issued its monumental decision concerning the fate of Brexit, a legal ruling with major implications for the people of England, Europe, […]
From the Editorial Board Chair
From the Chair of the Editorial Board When 2020 debuted, the term āCOVID-19ā was not yet in the worldās lexicon. As 2020 winds down (finally!), the pandemic is omnipresent. The […]
A Finer Point
The sudden deaths of United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Associate Justice Antonin Scalia ignited political firestorms regarding the appropriate timeline for confirming a new justice […]
Briefs
As communication tools evolve, itās critical that courts understand how traditional and new media can be used, and on occasion misused, to communicate effectively with the public. Two recent publications […]
Feature
In 2014, two years after graduating law school, I was appointed to serve as a municipal court judge in Guadalupe, Ariz.1 The town had the highest unemployment rate in Maricopa […]
The Storied Third Branch
As a card-carrying member of āthe Union,ā those of us fortunate to have served as law clerks to the Hon. Gerald Bard Tjoflat, I receive an annual letter from His […]
