All Articles tagged Chief Justice

• State Constitutional Commentary
  March 18, 2020 EDT
  CHIEF STATE SUPREME COURTS JUSTICES, FROM JUDICIAL ELECTIONS TO DECISION MAKING: WOMEN’S ISSUES IN THE TRUMP ERA
  Cynthia Boyer

  This article aims to tackle the issue of women as chief justices in State Supreme Court in the Trump era.

• General
  January 17, 2020 EDT
  THE KING IN HIS COURT: CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS AT THE CENTER
  Benjamin Pomerance

  This article focuses on the actions of the Chief Justice, the man believed to be the only potential successor to Justice Kennedy as the “swing voter” on this lofty bench.

• State Constitutional Commentary
  September 13, 2019 EDT
  DISSENTS OF THE BERCH COURT: EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF UNANIMITY IN A STATE SUPREME COURT
  Kevin M. Morrow

  This article examines the possible role of ideology in the split decisions and the relative importance of the divided opinions.

• General
  February 28, 2019 EDT
  CENTER OF ORDER: CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS AND THE COMING STRUGGLE FOR A RESPECTED SUPREME COURT
  Benjamin Pomerance

  How politically conservative will Justice Kavanaugh will prove to be and how will the rest of the Court react to the newcomer in their midst?

• State Constitutional Commentary
  November 11, 2011 EDT
  CHIEF JUSTICE MARGARET MARSHALL: A LIFETIME DEVOTED TO DEFENDING LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
  Jessie R. Cardinale

  This paper examines Chief Justice Marshall‘s voting trends during her tenure as Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (October 1999 to November 2010).

• State Constitutional Commentary
  November 11, 2011 EDT
  CHIEF JUSTICE MARSHA TERNUS: AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE TENURE OF IOWA’S FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE
  Jessie R. Cardinale

  This paper examines Ternus’ voting trends during her time as Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court, from September 2006 to December 2010.

• State Constitutional Commentary
  November 11, 2011 EDT
  CHIEF JUSTICE JEAN HOEFER TOAL OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT: VOTING PATTERNSIN DIVIDEDCRIMINAL CASES
  Nisa Khan

  This study illustrates Chief Justice Toal‘s voting approach in divided criminal cases, during her eleven year tenure as Chief Justice, in which she sided with the prosecution.