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Free Speech on Campus: Examining the Campus Speech Debate Through a First Amendment Lens

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Vol. 107 No. 3 (2024) | Justitia

PICTURED ABOVE: College students protest the Vietnam War at the University of Pennsylvania in the 1970s. (Classic Stock/Alamy stock Photo) Examining the campus speech debate through a First Amendment lens […]

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Invaluable Knowledge: How Trial Judge Experience Shapes Intermediate Appellate Review

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Vol. 107 No. 3 (2024) | Justitia

Imagine that you (a former civil trial judge) and your colleague (a former tax court judge) are on an appellate panel assigned to adjudicate two appeals. One is an appeal […]

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Redrafting All the Federal Court Rules: A 30-Year Odyssey

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Vol. 107 No. 3 (2024) | Justitia

The Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Judicial Conference of the United States oversees the work of the five advisory committees that draft proposed new and […]

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An “Almost Sacred Responsibility”: The Rule of Law in Times of Peril

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Vol. 107 No. 3 (2024) | Justitia

Retired Court of Appeals Judge Michael Luttig recently called his fellow members of the bar to action. “We lawyers,” he charged, “are weighted by an almost sacred responsibility” to defend […]

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Ukraine’s Supreme Court: Upholding Justice Amid War

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Judicature International (2024) | An online-only publication

February 24 marks two years since Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine, the largest attack on a European country since World War II. Despite frequent air alerts and missile attacks, Ukraine’s […]

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Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and the “Freshman Effect”

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Select Articles (Pre-2015) | Volumes 1-98

Contrary to expectations, the newest justice quickly adapted to her environment and almost immediately began participating fully in the work of the Court.

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The Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act: New Obligations for Federal Judges

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Vol. 107 No. 2 (2023) | Generative AI in the Courts

The debate over an ethics code for Supreme Court justices has made headlines recently. But the justices — along with the rest of the federal judiciary — have long been […]

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Is Disclosure and Certification of the Use of Generative AI Really Necessary?

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Vol. 107 No. 2 (2023) | Generative AI in the Courts

The news abounds with articles on the promises — and perils — of generative AI (GenAI) […]

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What Can Be Done About Backlogs?

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Vol. 107 No. 2 (2023) | Generative AI in the Courts

No new judgeships have been authorized for the federal courts of appeals in more than 40 years, resulting in a system that is burdened by large caseloads: By 2021, filings […]

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Judging Firearms Evidence and the Rule 702 Amendments

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Vol. 107 No. 2 (2023) | Generative AI in the Courts

Forensic firearms identification involves linking evidence collected from crime scenes — namely, fired cartridge casings and bullets — to a particular firearm. Two assumptions underlie this identification process: First, firearms […]

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