All Articles tagged judiciary

• State Constitutional Commentary
  September 13, 2019 EDT
  STATE COURTS, IMMIGRATION, AND POLITICS IN THE TRUMP ERA
  Cynthia Boyer

  This Article discusses the intersection between policy that regulates immigrant inflows and outflows; politics and its myths; and the judiciary at the state level in the Trump era.

• General
  January 01, 2018 EDT
  THE OUTWARD-FACING COURTROOM: A NATURAL LAW AND INTERPRETIVE APPROACH TO JUDICIAL LEADERSHIP IN REENTRY COURT SETTINGS
  Emma L. Tiner

  A Natural Law and Interpretive approach derived from Thomas Aquinas, Lon Fuller, and Ronald Dworkin supports increasing direct judicial involvement in rehabilitation and reentry programs for drug offenders.

• General
  January 01, 2013 EDT
  THE OPINIONS BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE OFFICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL: HOW AND WHY THEY ARE SIGNIFICANT
  Arthur H. Garrison

  This article focuses on the historical basis and legal significance of opinions by the Attorney General, and later those of the Office of Legal Counsel.

• New York Appeals
  May 05, 2010 EDT
  THE INDEPENDENT JURIST: AN ANALYSIS OF JUDGE ROBERT S. SMITH’S DISSENTING OPINIONS
  Peter A. Mancuso

  This study gives the reader an accurate representation of Judge Smith’s philosophy—through his dissenting opinions of course—on each area of law treated.

• General
  May 08, 2009 EDT
  INSIDE JUDICIAL CHAMBERS: HOW FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT JUDGES SELECT AND USE THEIR LAW CLERKS
  Todd C. PeppersMicheal W. GilesBridget Tainer-Parkins

  This article argues the literature’s narrow focus on the Supreme Court law clerk has led to a failure to examine the important role that federal district court law clerks play.