From the Publisher
The most recent Gallup polls show a striking loss of confidence by Americans in the Supreme Court and the federal judiciary more generally. Administered in June 2022, the poll showed Americans’ […]
News Brief, News Roundup
PICTURED ABOVE: INSIDE THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA (FLIKR; PHOTO CREDIT HARVEY BARRISON) Ireland🇮🇪 Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Maynooth University released a study finding that some Irish […]
Redlines
This isn’t the first time I’ve gone after unnecessary dates and procedural detail. (See the Autumn 2017 and Summer 2018 columns.) And it probably won’t be the last.
Briefs
by Heather Cron
Vol. 103 No. 1 (2019) | Navigating Rough SeasThrough the Master of Judicial Studies degree program at Duke Law School, judges not only participate in rigorous courses taught by top legal scholars and professionals, but they also develop […]
Briefs
by Cynthia Gray
Vol. 99 No. 2 (2015) | The Mass-Tort MDL VortexWhen can judges serve on commissions or engage in political activity? Many provisions in the code of judicial conduct refer to “the law, the legal system, or the administration of […]
Table of Contents
Departments Editor’s Note, Letters To The Editor, Briefs The Storied Third Branch A Passion For Justice J. Michelle Childs On Courts Tightrope Act: Fisa Court Reforms Maj. Gen. Charles J. […]
Feature
Start with an innocuous example: men and women who are tall. Are you talking about all men or only those who are tall? That is, does the who-clause modify both nouns? There’s no […]
Book Review
Judicial accountability is a sensitive topic because a disciplinary system may be subject to political pressure and can negatively impact judicial independence. Furthermore, because judiciaries in developed democracies tend to […]
Lastly
by Bryan A. Garner and Antonin Scalia
Vol. 99 No. 2 (2015) | The Mass-Tort MDL VortexSupremacy-of-Text Principle. The words of a governing text are of paramount concern, and what they convey, in their context, is what the text means. Principle of Interrelating Canons. No canon of interpretation […]
A Finer Point
by Jane Mead
Vol. 106 No. 1 (2022) | Necessarily EngagedSubstance Abuse Trial He mispronounces you, the judge, rhyming your first with your second name, making you into something ridiculous: Gillis Willis Mead. But you stand as still as they […]
