Perspective
Judging
Not So Fast: A Response to the Garner Response to My Article on Lockhart
Vol. 102 No. 2 (2018) | Rights That Made The World RightIn the Spring 2018 edition of Judicature, Bryan Garner, an old friend, responded to my article in the previous issue,[1] an article that took the form of a mock opinion […]
Court Administration, Judging, Law & Culture
Reflections on a Reentry Court
by Jeffrey Alker Meyer and Carly Levenson
Vol. 102 No. 2 (2018) | Rights That Made The World RightKevin hesitates in the doorway before entering Courtroom 3. When Kevin was 26, he was tried and sentenced in this courtroom. The judge who presided over his trial and sentencing […]
Law & Culture, Technology, Federal Courts
Continuing to Close the Courthouse Doors?
Vol. 101 No. 4 (2017) | Equal opportunity?The Supreme Court’s October Term 2016 was unusual because from the first Monday in October until the April argument calendar, there were only eight justices on the bench. This affected […]
Civil Law
As I See It
Vol. 101 No. 3 (2017) | Bold and Persistent ReformThe Federal Rules of Civil Procedure should be abrogated. I speak not of the criticisms of the rules as a failure to ensure the just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of […]