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State Courts
What do Americans want in their state judges?
Vol. 105 No. 1 (2021) | The Courts HeldAs scholars regularly document, states have frequently changed their systems of judicial selection and retention. What remains unknown is whether these systems actually address the kinds of qualities citizens value […]
Judging, Federal Courts
Academic Feeder Judges: Are clerkships the key to academia?
Vol. 105 No. 1 (2021) | The Courts HeldClick here to download this article’s accompanying appendix. The legal community is familiar with “feeder judges” — federal lower-court (primarily court of appeals) judges who have a substantial number of […]
Rule of Law, State Courts, Federal Courts
2020 Election Litigation: The Courts Held
by Amelia Ashton Thorn, David F. Levi and John Macy
Vol. 105 No. 1 (2021) | The Courts HeldWe had an extraordinary election in November 2020. More Americans voted than in any other election, even though an infectious virus still stalked the nation. Immediately following election day, we […]
Rule of Law, Constitutional Law
The Future of the U.S. Presidency
by David F. Levi, David Kennedy, Daphna Renan, Jack L. Goldsmith and Terry M. Moe
Vol. 105 No. 1 (2021) | The Courts HeldWhat will be the legacy of the Trump presidency? Was this administration uniquely tumultuous because of Donald Trump’s personality and beliefs? Or are there other external forces or circumstances at […]
Judging, Law & Culture, State Courts
Saving Our Profession: It’s Up to Us
by Joe Webster
Vol. 101 No. 1 (2017) | Citizen-centered CourtsA number of years ago, a man told me he had been charged with a crime. I asked him how his case was going. With all sincerity and with an […]
Judging, Federal Courts
Judicial Excellence after Earl Warren
by Daniel Frost
Vol. 101 No. 1 (2017) | Citizen-centered CourtsJudging the performance of Supreme Court Justices is a tricky business. Nearly everyone would agree that the justices should sustain the ideal of “Equal Justice Under Law,” the motto inscribed […]
Constitutional Law
Why We Read the Scalia Opinion First
Vol. 101 No. 1 (2017) | Citizen-centered CourtsWriting about Justice Antonin Scalia’s writing is a daunting project indeed. The Justice plainly had a gift that is perhaps better savored than analyzed. As one privileged to be his […]
Rule of Law, Federal Courts, Constitutional Law
Foundations of U.S. Federalism
by Lee Rosenthal and Gregory P. Joseph
Vol. 101 No. 1 (2017) | Citizen-centered CourtsWhat precisely is American federalism? In their seminal work on federal jurisdiction, Felix Frankfurter and Wilber Katz allude to a “dynamic struggle” between federal and state power, the ebb and […]
Court Administration, State Courts
Rebuild our Courts: State Chief Justices Call for Action to Achieve Civil Justice for All
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. “Houston, we’ve had a problem.” Well, dear Judicature readers, we denizens of the judicial system have […]
Judging, Law & Culture
Mindfulness and Judging
by Jeremy Fogel
Vol. 101 No. 1 (2017) | Citizen-centered CourtsJudges, as our title implies, make judgments. Sometimes the process of making a judgment is straightforward, as when clearly written statute plainly applies to undisputed facts. But more often, the […]