All posts tagged "chief justice john roberts"
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1.3KFederal JudgesJudge Shopping in Texas Joined by Circuit Shopping at the Fifth Circuit Now Under Supreme Court Scrutiny
Nearly a quarter of the cases—23.4%—the Supreme Court has targeted for review this term so far come from the Fifth Circuit Court...
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774Appellate JudgesThe Most Dangerous Branch of Government Tells Congress To Chill on Providing Free Public Access to PACER
The Judiciary Bullies Congress: The legislation would create a substantial risk to litigants’ access to justice by raising filing fees.
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980Appellate CircuitLaw Prof: It’s Time for Hard Labor at the US Supreme Court
The end of Clerkships: If this proposal were to gain momentum, the lower courts should be mandated to implement this new precedent.
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1.3KAppellate CircuitThe Best Work by Congress So Far in 2021: The STOCK Act (for Judges)
It's a start. The STOCK act is a sign of progress and that is worthy of a hat tip, but there's still...
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1.7KAppellate JudgesCorrupt Federal Judges are Now Handing Cases to Judicial Colleagues to Affirm
After LIT exposed the failure of corrupt federal judges to disclose their financial conflicts and recuse from cases, WSJ took up the...
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792Appellate CircuitThe Many Lyin’ Federal Judges Who Failed to Recuse Despite Conflicts Finally Being Questioned by Congress (2021)
LIT's had this data for years but thanks to the much larger media outlets like Reuters and Wall Street Journal who have...
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951Appellate CircuitLawyers Are Trained Liars, All the Way Up to Chief Justice John Roberts Says Retired Judge
Lawyer legal training and practice blur the line between truth and falsity. As a judge or justice they will find it hard...
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1.3KAppellate JudgesIn N.D. Georgia’s Blind Draw System, there’s Obviously Only One Federal Judge. That’s Why He’s Called Chief.
No matter what Lin Woods' state of mental health is, there is a blind draw system which federal courts claim to operate,...
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646Federal JudgesImproved Judicial Transparency in Financial Reporting Requested by Senators
Our nation’s highest judicial officers are subject to the lowest standards of transparency of any senior officials across the federal government, Whitehouse...
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1.8KAppellate CircuitA Nationwide Investigation into Judges Behavin’ Badly Ends Up With It’s Spotlights Firmly on Texas and the Federalist Fifth Circuit
A system that relies for investigation solely upon judges themselves risks a kind of undue 'guild favoritism' through inappropriate sympathy with the...
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1.0KAppellate JudgesJudicial Misconduct Complaint Disposals with an Error Rate of 30 Percent is Too High Said the Breyer Report
An error rate of close to 30 percent is far too high. Those kinds of cases, the Breyer Report said, are important...
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2.6KAppellate JudgesTrump is Back Touting His Supreme Court Nominees (Fed Society and Co.) List
Those encouraging the White House to expand Trump’s Supreme Court list named 5th Circuits Kyle Duncan, Andy Oldham and 11th Cir. Elizabeth...
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3.0KAppellate JudgesFormer Supreme Court Clerk Turned Republican Senator Slams Trump’s Supreme Agenda and The Federalist Society PR Machine is Panicked
Who actually goes out and votes for judges? said Hawley. It’s conservative Catholics, conservative Jews, evangelicals, Mormons. That coalition of folks is...
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3.0KDeutsche BankChief Justice John Roberts Relationship with President Donald Trump in Tatters After DACA Ruling. Or is it?
Justice John Roberts is fed up with Donald Trump’s disrespect for the rule of law. Now he’s standing up for the role...
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3.4KLaws In TexasThe Washington State Bar Association’s Board of Governors Create a Hostile Work Environment for Staff
The investigator’s findings have been cheered by current and former WSBA employees whose raising of concerns about the bar’s handling of Ralph’s...
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4.9KFederal LawIowa Governor Jets into Ethics Probe
Statutory causes of actions can be enforced by citizens. The legislature holds the keys to the courthouse door that cannot be boarded...
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1.9KAppellate JudgesTrump’s Court Takeover Includes McConnell Opening Up Congress to ‘Sardine Can’ Judges Onto Bench
Plus, a look at 3 circuit courts. The ninth, eleventh and fifth circuit courts decide thousands of cases a year with broad...
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1.8KAppellate JudgesPresident Donald Trump Knows the Path to Reelection and Protection – the Judiciary
President Donald Trump threatens to adjourn both chambers of Congress so he can make appointments to fill vacant positions and judicial slots.
