All posts tagged "chief justice roberts"
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654Appellate JudgesThe Department of Justice Foreclosure Crisis Settlements for Homeowners Were Shameful and Unlawful Sayeth Congress
It is a cruel irony that those who have lost the most to the foreclosure crisis seem to be helped the least...
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744AccelerationThis Is a Six-Pack Nobody Wants
Under the tutelage of the conservative Federalist Society, Republican presidents became better at picking reliably conservative justices.
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736BankruptcyLooks Like Judge Lamberth is Gamblin’ on Some Much Needed Reputation Management
Worrell has been indicted on six charges related to his conduct on January 6, when he allegedly marched with the Proud Boys...
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1.3KBankers$1 Million Plus Reasons Why U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett Refused to Recuse
The Americans for Prosperity Foundation, a "nonprofit" founded by Charles Koch Group spent over $1 million in support of her confirmation.
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1.4KAppellate CircuitA Landowner’s Fight to Prevent The Big Skim in San Antonio Bankruptcy Court
The property is worth far more than than the $20.3 million bid by Schumacher. Appraisals have valued the land at as much...
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1.7KBankruptcyA Part-Time Texas Bankruptcy Judge and the Chief of the Supreme Court are Poker Buddies
Senior United States District Judge Royce Lamberth is a native of San Antonio. While his current home is the District of Columbia,...
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956Appellate 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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2.1KEditors ChoiceThe Codes of Conduct Committee Failed in Providing Ethical Guidance to Federal Judges and Public Trust has Evaporated Completely
The committee, late last month, capitulated. It withdrew its draft for no stated reason other than a lack of agreement by judges.
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1.7KEditors ChoiceJudiciary Peer Pressure Force Reversal of Ban on Partisan Memberships in ‘Tabled’ Ethics Advisory. But it’s Only Temporary.
The Code of Conduct encourages judges to remain active in the community and the legal profession so long as those activities do...
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1.8KFifth CircuitAfter Oral Argument The Fifth Circuit Panel of Oldham, Willett and Owen May Reject US Supreme Court Precedent in Emotional Political Case
Chief Justice John Roberts is no friend to the reproductive rights movement. But his desire to at least try to maintain some...
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1.3KEditors ChoiceThe US Supreme Court Prevents Removal of Civil Actions from State Court to Federal Courts in this Consumer Debt Collection Case
Paul Bland of Public Justice, who argued the case on behalf of Home Depot customer George Jackson, tweeted: Huge win in U.S....
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1.9K1Editors ChoiceDid You Know: Judges Attending The Federalist Society Breach Ethical Violations In Doing So
In January, a Washington Post Magazine article about the Federalist Society reported that four members of the court, in addition to Roberts, are either...
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1.5KFederal LawA Nation is Watching (and Listening) to the Fifth Circuit Wordsmithing Opinions in Cases They Have Prejudged but Need to Manipulate
Judges whom we think of as textualists construct their sense of objective meaning from what the evidence that they are willing to...
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1.1KFederal LawWhen You Cannot Decide which Route is the Best on the Map of Texas
Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito signaled that it had no problem with the most recent round of delay tactics...
