#Judges

Matthew C. Billips

There is an easy solution to our over-worked judiciary:Split the 9th Circuit and add enough appellate judges to bring the 9th and new 12th up to strength. Add enough District

Sergej Sumlenny

THREAD (1/x) Regarding the decision of UA Constitutional Court on de facto erasing the whole anti-corruption procedures in Ukraine. 4 judges have voted against the decision, 11 in favor. Judges

Carissa Byrne Hessick

At today's Supreme Court confirmation hearing, we will be told that judges are not supposed to make policy decisions.That statement is entirely false.The people who wrote our Constitution expected judges

A thread for Indiana voters about voting on retention of state appellate court judges— (1) Several appellate-court judges are up for a retention vote this year. Six are on Indiana's

During her confirmation hearings for the 7th Circuit, Amy Coney Barrett told the Senate Judiciary Committee, "I don't know what all of ADF's policy positions are."via new piece from me,

Liberal, Not Lefty

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Thread: An example often cited as an argument against feminism, is that men fair worse in family court/custody battles than women. But what's missing from that? *Why* the bias exists,

In our Judicial Decision-making (JD) class this week, we’ve been discussing what we want out of judges, and what selection and retention systems are most likely to get us there.

Nader_Hasan_law

It’s okay okay to be upset by the verdict in R v Theriault. But I suggest we be upset for the right reasons. (thread 1/14). It’s certainly okay to be

Mohamed Imranullah S

Justices N Kirubakaran & Abdul Quddhose of Madras HC have arrived to pronounce judgement in cases related to administration of properties left behind by TN former CM Jayalalithaa @the_hindu @the_hindu

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Midnight Judges Act was to provide for the more convenient org of the Courts. Was an effort to solve issue in the U.S. Supreme Court during the early 19th century.

FACT: Donald Trump has put 200 Federal court judges on the bench in three and a half years—that’s a quarter of ALL federal judges in the US. That’s more fed

Former CJI Ranjan Gogoi delivering the keynote address on “Ensuring an Independent Judiciary under our Constitution” says “I have noted that there was much criticism on my participation in this

Emmett Macfarlane

Far be it from me to disagree with Constance Backhouse but no, a judge ruling and then meeting with a party to a case to receive "a gesture of gratitude"

Matthew C. Billips

@KamalaHarris I have a proposal for fixing our overworked federal judiciary. Obviously, this is something for the new administration to handle, but the Supreme Court has reported every year that

New: Trump keeps pushing unfounded claims that mail-in voting leads to widespread fraud. But in court, far from the bluster of his rallies and Twitter rants, judges have examined the

The motivation behind this is 100% right. But we need more than more judges. We need a different *type* of judge. We will need a Biden administration to appoint diverse