Federal Courts
A Finer Point
The Chief Justice’s Ceremonial(ish) Inauguration Role
Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving CourtsPictured Above: President William McKinley’s inauguration was the first recorded on film; here he is sworn in by Chief Justice Melville Fuller with outgoing President Grover Cleveland at right. March […]
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The New Administrative State?
by Stuart Benjamin, David Doniger, Catherine Eagles and Jennifer Zachary
Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving CourtsHow Recent Supreme Court Decisions May Shape Regulation, Deference, and the Role of the Courts When it comes to administrative agencies, the U.S. Supreme Court has been busy. Last term, […]
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Inside the JPML
Vol. 108 No. 2 (2024) | Judges Under Siege?How the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation Keeps the Federal Courts’ Massive MDL Docket on Track The world knows multidistrict litigations (MDLs) by the names of the cases’ defendants and […]
Book Review
Thirteen Fiefdoms: Inside the United States Courts of Appeals
Vol. 108 No. 2 (2024) | Judges Under Siege?If asked, most people — even most lawyers — would probably say that the Supreme Court is the primary arbiter of legal questions in the United States. And in a […]
Point/Counterpoint
The Docket Debate
by Stephen Vladeck and Trevor N. McFadden
Vol. 108 No. 1 (2024) | Harnessing AI for JusticeEmergency appeals to the Supreme Court are on the rise, giving way to more and more cases in which the Court skips the processes that help explain its work. Is […]
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The Curious Case of the Temporary Judgeship
Vol. 108 No. 1 (2024) | Harnessing AI for JusticeWhen a district court or a court of appeals has an unusually large backlog, Congress sometimes authorizes what is called a “temporary judgeship.” Several aspects of the concept of a […]
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Can Judges Help Ease Mass Incarceration?
Vol. 107 No. 3 (2024) | JustitiaA scholar considers how judges have contributed to historically high incarceration rates — and how they can help reverse the trend. While the American criminal justice system was once known […]
Briefs
Justice O’Connor Named 2024 Bolch Prize Recipient
Vol. 107 No. 3 (2024) | JustitiaThe late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor has been named the 2024 recipient of the Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law by the Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law School (which publishes Judicature). She will be honored at a ceremony on Duke’s campus in April. […]
From the Publisher
“Our Response Must Be Faster and Louder”
Vol. 107 No. 2 (2023) | Generative AI in the CourtsThose who become judges don the robe expecting to work hard. They accept that the job comes with heavy caseloads, endless filings to read, and difficult decisions that must be made […]
Book Review
The First Fifteen
by W K Hastings
Vol. 107 No. 1 (2023) | Toward Fairer, Quicker, Cheaper LitigationThis is a book written with generosity and bravery. It is generous in the sense that 15 Asian American women have decided to share their stories about how they became […]