By Colby Hamilton | July 6, 2018
Despite being elevated to the Second Circuit nearly eight years ago, Judge Denny Chin has maintained a regular presence at the district level, including a trial set to begin this month.
By Tony Mauro | June 21, 2018
But the court does not address DOJ's request about the power of the president to fire officers of the United States. "No court has addressed that question, and we ordinarily await 'thorough lower court opinions to guide our analysis of the merits,'" Justice Kagan wrote.
By Marcia Coyle | June 15, 2018
Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. joins Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan, Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor in supporting the latest effort to bring order and more experienced student applicants to the clerk hiring process.
By Erin Mulvaney | June 8, 2018
Sotomayor, speaking at the American Constitution Society's national convention in Washington, said she will pay attention to those law schools and judges who follow the hiring plan and will “react accordingly to those who do not.” She is the latest justice to offer support for a law clerk hiring plan that was announced this year.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By Michael Friedman | June 6, 2018
Although it is never mentioned, the court system is reducing backlogs because there are fewer and fewer cases filed every year. Unfortunately that hasn't stopped the Judiciary from asking for and receiving more and more money every year.
New York Law Journal | Letter to the Editor
By David S. Gideon | May 29, 2018
Our Town and Village justices, both attorney and non-attorney, represent the “courts closest to the people,” the courts in which the majority of the public may encounter their first interactions with our judicial system.
By Jeff Storey | May 21, 2018
But the structure has been controversial in Orange County since it opened to the public in 1970. The roofs leaked, and visitors had trouble navigating the gloomy interior.
By Marcia Coyle | May 18, 2018
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg spoke favorably of the plan last week during a meeting of the Federal Judges Association in Washington. Justice Elena Kagan said she supports the two-year pilot plan and will "take into account" in her own hiring whether judges and law schools comply with it.
By Tony Mauro | May 16, 2018
Thurgood Marshall's message was clear, and shared by most justices before and since: life-tenured Supreme Court justices don't like to be told when to retire or move on. If anything, hinting that it is time to go seems to stiffen justices' resolve to stay. But presidents and others keep trying.
By Marcia Coyle | May 8, 2018
"Though we have made huge progress, the work of perfection is scarcely done. Many stains remain," Justice Ginsburg said in remarks at a citizenship ceremony last month in New York. The Supreme Court on Tuesday posted the full prepared speech.
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