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The Legal Intelligencer

If the Kavanaugh Hearing Had Been Handled Like a Trial

The hearing showed a missed opportunity by Democrats to use the tools of trial advocacy to make points and influence those truly in need of convincing—the few senators whose votes were in play (and, to some extent, the many Americans still on the fence).
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Kavanaugh Breaks Ground for Future Campaigning by Supreme Court Nominees

"We're living in a world where you increasingly have to run for the Supreme Court," said Yale Law School's Akhil Amar, who testified in favor of Kavanaugh's confirmation. "I think we should expect to see more of that."
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Kavanaugh Didn't Help Dispel Image of Justices as 'Junior Varsity Politicians'

His conspiratorial tirade last week drew rebukes from the left and the right, undermining the effort of the justices to promote themselves as nonpartisan. Kavanaugh took to the WSJ to promise to be fair and independent.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Brett Kavanaugh Walks Back His Angry Senate Testimony

"I might have been too emotional at times. I know that my tone was sharp, and I said a few things I should not have said," the U.S. Supreme Court nominee said in an op-ed published Thursday night at The Wall Street Journal.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Clarence Thomas Accuser Urges Alaska's Murkowski to Vote Against Kavanaugh

“My main reaction to this has been a feeling that they only get one chance to get this correct. There's no revote,” Moira Smith, a lawyer in Alaska, says.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Ga. Law Profs: Kavanaugh's Temperament Wrong for SCOTUS

Nearly two dozen Georgia law professors say Kavanaugh's temperament and bias amid sexual assault allegations make him unfit to sit on the nation's highest court.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ethics Forum: Questions and Answers on Professional Responsibilty

I am a young lawyer, but in my practice, it seems that many lawyers are intolerant and willing to amplify past transgressions by members of the bar even though they occurred a long time ago. What is happening to the profession of law?
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Perils of a Motion Seeking a Judge's Recusal

A motion to recuse is a risky matter.
20 minute read

National Law Journal

Kavanaugh May Face Recusal Dilemmas If He's Confirmed

Entities that Brett Kavanaugh has attacked. Organizations that opposed Kavanaugh's nomination. Issues Kavanaugh has expressed opinions about. There are a host of areas that could pose recusal problems if the nominee is confirmed.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Judicial Watchdog Director Defends Agency's Authority to Investigate Judges

A debate on the agency's constitutionality has surfaced in an ongoing ethics case against Superior Court Judge Robert "Mack" Crawford of the Griffin Judicial Circuit.
4 minute read

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