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National Law Journal

When Justices Offer Their Regrets, It's Usually About the Law

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's public statement Thursday that she regretted her comments about presidential candidate Donald Trump was extraordinary. When justices and judges voice regret or admit errors it's usually about the law and not politics. Here are some recent and not-so-recent regrets from jurists.
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Daily Report Online

Anonymous Flyer Attacking Candidate Is Slammed by Judicial Diversity Group

An organization that works to increase racial diversity on the bench is crying foul after an anonymous flyer landed in mailboxes attacking former Fulton County Juvenile Court Chief Judge Belinda Edwards' handling of a case when she was on the bench, and asserting that Edwards was "fired" when the superior court judges declined to reappoint her at the end of 2012.
7 minute read

Daily Report Online

Fulton Judicial Candidates Work to Raise Awareness—and Money—as Runoffs Approach

With the July 26 runoff elections approaching and early voting already underway, candidates for two pending vacancies on the Fulton County Superior Court are working to spread their messages to a traditionally small group of runoff voters, raising money and spending it as fast as possible.
9 minute read

National Law Journal

Merrick Garland Unsigned: Per Curiam Rulings Add to Nominee's Record

Supreme Court nominee took part in 54 cases in which the D.C. Circuit put out an unsigned, precedential opinion.
22 minute read

Daily Report Online

Jailing of Fannin County Publisher and Lawyer Will Chill Open Records Searches, Attorney Writes

"The Fannin County Superior Court true bill of indictment returned against Fannin Focus Publisher Mark Thomason and his lawyer, Russell Stookey, should never have been in the hands of Appalachian Circuit District Attorney Alison Sosebee," Michael Webb says in a letter to the editor.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

Appeals Court Hears Case Over Kosher Food in Florida Prisons

Florida asked a federal appeals court to allow it to discontinue a kosher meals program for thousands of religiously observant prison inmates in the event that chronic budget problems worsen and other costs take priority.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

D.C. Federal Court Nominee Questioned About Judicial Philosophy, Pretrial Release Decision

6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami-Dade Judge Resigns Amid Ethics Probe

Miami-Dade County Court Judge Jacqueline Schwartz has resigned amid an ethics investigation.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Judge Rejects Recess-Appointment Challenge Over CFPB Director

A federal judge late Tuesday struck down a challenge over the recess appointment of Richard Cordray of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, saying the director effectively ratified earlier decisions after the Senate formally confirmed him in 2013.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judicial Ethics Opinion 16-06

A full-time judge may generally publicize his/her book and participate in book signing and other promotional events the publisher organizes, but where the work is a children's book unrelated to the law, the judge may not personally participate in promotions that specifically target attorneys or the legal profession.
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