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SCOTUS Ruling Trains Eyes on Federal Judge in Brownsville, TX

As a result of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling issued today in an immigration case, many more eyes will be trained on U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen who will preside at trial. At that trial, which the high court ruled may now take place, Texas and 25 other states will be pitted against the Obama administration's proposed immigration reforms. A portrait below, scheduled for print publication in the July issue of Texas Lawyer, shows Hanen's performance last month as he wrestled from the bench with arguments that he had overstepped his authority by issuing sanctions requiring ethics training for U.S. Department of Justice lawyers. At the hearing, Hanen reversed his own sanctions order, but his expressions from the bench before doing so, may shed light on how he will preside at the scheduled trial.
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New York Law Journal

Retool Mandatory Sentences

In remarks to the New York Criminal Bar Association, Eastern District Judge Raymond Dearie said: Let's stop tinkering with this system of ours and collectively demand in the name of decency meaningful change, intelligent change. We need to get out and get under so to speak and rethink our practices, re-test the theories of the ancient past and, above all, jettison the madness of mass incarceration and the almost singular reliance on law enforcement as the principal means to address social ills that are beyond the reach of even the most dedicated law enforcement officials who serve us with justifiable pride and commitment.
22 minute read

National Law Journal

For-Profit College Accreditor, Facing Crisis, Fights to Retain Recognition

An independent federal advisory panel on Thursday recommended the U.S. Education Department cut ties with the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, a move that would jeopardize future federal aid to 243 institutions and hundreds of thousands of students.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Senate Tenures Escandon and Portelli, Approves Lougy Judgeship

A pair of judges who have been the subject of controversy in the Legislature and beyond were approved for tenure by the New Jersey Senate. Also garnering Senate approval was Acting Attorney General Robert Lougy, who now will join the Superior Court bench.
10 minute read

Daily Report Online

Circuit Revives Suit by Family of Prisoner Murdered by Cellmate

A unanimous Eleventh Circuit panel ruled that prison officials who knew the cellmate was mentally ill and violent are not immune from action.
5 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Waiting for a New Justice, and a New Chance to Prevail

The California teachers who lost their challenge in the union-fees case this term hope to snatch victory from a 4-4 defeat by seeking a rehearing when a new justice is confirmed. Will the United States do the same in the immigration case?
21 minute read

Daily Report Online

Specialty Bar Groups Weigh In on Trump's Attack on Judge

Comments by presidential candidate Donald Trump accusing a federal judge of Mexican descent of bias—which he extended to a Hispanic lawyers association in San Diego that has the judge as a member—have raised concerns among some lawyers and judges that they may be targeted because of membership in a specialty bar group or organization.
11 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Falls Short in 'Gavel Gap' Rankings

The state landed in the bottom third for how closely its judges reflect the race and ethnicity of the population.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Carol Hunstein

In 1984, Carol Hunstein had been practicing law for eight years and had built up a busy solo practice after finding that law firms wouldn't hire her. Had it not been for one particular judge, she might never have decided to run—against him.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Tommy Malone

Tommy Malone's financial success in plaintiffs' law is legendary, as is his ease in front of a jury. But when he reviews his 51-year career, it's not money that he talks about. It's "making a difference in people's lives."
4 minute read

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