The National Law Journal

February 28, 2005 | National Law Journal

In three succinct paragraphs, 11 of the nation's most prestigious law reviews set an example of brevity they insist, or at least urge, their contributors to follow.

By Peter PageSpecial to The National Law Journal

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May 23, 2005 | National Law Journal

Republicans in the Senate are threatening to go nuclear this week over the judicial selection process. This potential conflagration relates to issues that have little to do with the day-to-day job of judging.

By Mark HerrmannSpecial to The National Law Journal

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November 21, 2005 | National Law Journal

On Nov. 3, House members further aggravated the fraying relations between the federal courts and Congress by using a procedural technique to avoid serious analysis and debate on a provision that would divide the 9th Circuit.

By Carl TobiasSpecial to The National Law Journal

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April 23, 2007 | National Law Journal

No sooner had Democrats taken charge of the tax-writing committee in the House of Representatives than they proved once again that their idea of who is "wealthy" in America is much broader than many people might expect.

By Richard L. Kaplan / Special to The National Law Journal

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January 23, 2006 | National Law Journal

While technology makes our country, and indeed the world, smaller, and while bar leaders call for liberalization of interstate practice rules along the lines of the European Union, the practice of law in the United States is still by and large limited to the state of admission.

By Gerard J. ClarkSpecial to The National Law Journal

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September 29, 2003 | National Law Journal

Boxer Roberto Duran's latest victory took place not in the ring, but in the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, where he successfully defended a decade-long effort to regain five championship belts that, he maintained, were stolen by his brother-in-law then conveyed to a Miami businessman who tried to sell them to FBI agents for $200,000.

By David HorriganSpecial to The National Law Journal

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October 04, 2004 | National Law Journal

Just when the Lawrence v. Texas decison made us think that our bedrooms were safe from government scrutiny, along comes the latest in a long legal saga in the 11th Circuit�a challenge to an Alabama law making the sale of certain sexual devices unlawful. It may be best to put those batteries away for now�the 11th Circuit found the law constitutional.

By Isidore Silver Special to The National Law Journal

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April 10, 2006 | National Law Journal

Most litigators are familiar with summary judgment. But, when one steps back to examine the relevant history and precedent, it becomes clear that summary judgment in the federal courts is unconstitutional.

By Suja A. ThomasSpecial to The National Law Journal

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July 17, 2006 | National Law Journal

Virginia Governor Timothy Kaine took the unusual steps of invoking his clemency power and suspending the execution of Percy Levar Walton for six months to ascertain whether "his mental capacity imposes a bar to his execution" under the U.S. Supreme Court's 1986 mandate in Ford v. Wainwright.

By Carl Tobias/Special to The National Law Journal

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December 13, 2012 | Daily Report Online

The Senate confirmed two more district judges Tuesday, as the chamber's Republicans appear more open to whittling down the backlog of noncontroversial federal district court judicial nominees who have been awaiting votes for months.

By The National Law Journal, with an addition by the Daily Report

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