Tennessee House to Vote on Judicial-Selection Amendment
The Tennessee senate recently gave overwhelming, bipartisan approval (29–2) to an amendment to the Tennessee constitution that would put in place a modified version of the federal method of selecting...
View ArticleJustice Kennedy on the Politicization of the Court
On March 26 and 27, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Hollingsworth v. Perryand United States v. Windsor, two cases regarding same-sex marriage with potentially far-reaching consequences....
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Tennessee House Passes Judicial-Selection Measure
Earlier this week, by a vote of 78–14, the Tennessee house of representatives approved a constitutional amendment adopting a modified version of the federal method for selecting appellate judges. The...
View ArticleAmmon Simon on DOJ's Attacking Religious Liberty
My colleague Ammon Simon has an excellent post over at Patheos that both discusses the disturbing pattern shown by the current Justice Department with respect to religious liberty and explains how...
View ArticleGovernor Brownback Signs Judicial-Selection Reform
Wonderful news out of Kansas today! Governor Sam Brownback today signed legislation to abandon the Missouri Plan for court of appeals appointments. Instead, those judges will be nominated by the...
View ArticleJustice O'Connor Is Back in the News
And it’s not for robo-calling you at 1:00 a.m. She has written a new book, and Adam Liptak thinks it is terrible:She has a lot to say. But, the provocative title of her new book notwithstanding, she is...
View ArticleThe Left’s Last Hurrah in Wisconsin Flops
Wisconsin held some important judicial elections on Tuesday. It was the “Left’s Last Hurrah,” their final chance for quite a few years to block Governor Walker’s reform agenda by placing ideological...
View ArticleIowa Supreme Court Still Loves Trial Lawyers
Ryan Koopmans of Iowa’s Appellate Blog has an interesting report on how Iowa’s highest court has defied common sense in a case involving a bar fight:Bar Patron A taunts Bar Patron B, but B doesn’t...
View ArticleAmicae Curiae Brief in McCullen v. Coakley
My organization, the Judicial Education Project, has filed a Supreme Court amicae curiae brief supporting the petition for certiorari in McCullen v. Coakley. The case involves a Massachusetts statute...
View ArticleAmicus Brief in Bond v. U.S.
My organization, the Judicial Education Project, has filed a Supreme Court amicus curiae brief supporting the cert petition in Bond v. United States. Bond involves a woman’s federal criminal conviction...
View ArticleNew Lawsuit Against Obamacare
Sam Kazman and Michael Carvin have a great Forbes op-ed about their new Obamacare lawsuit, which could invalidate key portions of the law in the 33 states that did not set-up state-based...
View ArticleEight is Enough?
My colleague Ammon has already addressed some of the dishonest claims President Obama made during his speech announcing his three nominees to the D.C. Circuit. But I don’t think anyone has addressed...
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Lies, Lies, and More Lies
A few days ago the Washington Post’s fact-checker, Glenn Kessler, weighed in on President Obama’s assertion that his “judicial nominees have waited three times longer to receive confirmation votes than...
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Justice O'Connor's Hypocritical Crusade Against Judicial Elections
Retired justice Sandra Day O’Connor continues to crusade against state and local judicial elections, this time during a speech last week at Elmhurst College. The Chicago Tribune has more:[Justice]...
View ArticleAmicae Curiae Brief in
My organization, the Judicial Education Project, has filed a Supreme Court amicae curiae brief supporting the petition for certiorari in McCullen v. Coakley. The case involves a Massachusetts statute...
View ArticleAmicus Brief in
My organization, the Judicial Education Project, has filed a Supreme Court amicus curiae brief supporting the cert petition in Bond v. United States. Bond involves a woman’s federal criminal conviction...
View ArticleNew Lawsuit Against Obamacare
Sam Kazman and Michael Carvin have a great Forbes op-ed about their new Obamacare lawsuit, which could invalidate key portions of the law in the 33 states that did not set-up state-based...
View ArticleEight is Enough?
My colleague Ammon has already addressed some of the dishonest claims President Obama made during his speech announcing his three nominees to the D.C. Circuit. But I don't think anyone has addressed...
View ArticleJustice O'Connor's Hypocritical Crusade Against Judicial Elections
Retired justice Sandra Day O’Connor continues to crusade against state and local judicial elections, this time during a speech last week at Elmhurst College. The Chicago Tribune has more: [Justice]...
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Lies, Lies, and More Lies
A few days ago the Washington Post's fact-checker, Glenn Kessler, weighed in on President Obama's assertion that his "judicial nominees have waited three times longer to receive confirmation votes than...
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