Chief Justice Roberts
Federal Judges’ Citations to Legal Scholarship
June 12, 2013
Derogating legal scholarship has become something of a sport for many, including federal judges. Chief Justice Roberts, for example, recently opined that "because law review articles are not of interest to the bench," he has trouble remembering the last law review article he read. David Schwartz (Chicago-Kent) and Lee Petherbridge (Loyola-LA) subject the general claim to data. In a series of papers the authors present findings on when an opinion (majority, dissent, or concurrence) cites to legal...
June 12, 2013
Derogating legal scholarship has become something of a sport for many, including federal judges. Chief Justice Roberts, for example, recently opined that "because law review articles are not of interest to the bench," he has trouble remembering the last law review article he read. David Schwartz (Chicago-Kent) and Lee Petherbridge (Loyola-LA) subject the general claim to data. In a series of papers the authors present findings on when an opinion (majority, dissent, or concurrence) cites to legal...
Chief Justice Roberts and “The Oath”
March 17, 2013
Back in 2009, before I entered law school, I read “The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court”, by Jeffrey Toobin. At the time, reading about the behind-the-scenes workings of the legal world’s most powerful individuals reinforced my interest in going to law school. So, when Mr. Toobin’s next book came out — “The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court” — I was eager to read it. While I wouldn’t recommend “The Oath” with the same passion as I would “The...
March 17, 2013
Back in 2009, before I entered law school, I read “The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court”, by Jeffrey Toobin. At the time, reading about the behind-the-scenes workings of the legal world’s most powerful individuals reinforced my interest in going to law school. So, when Mr. Toobin’s next book came out — “The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court” — I was eager to read it. While I wouldn’t recommend “The Oath” with the same passion as I would “The...
Althouse: Chief Justice Roberts informs Congress that the federal judiciary is scraping by on a mere $7 billion a year
January 1, 2013
Althouse: Chief Justice Roberts informs Congress that the federal judiciary is scraping by on a mere $7 billion a year http://goo.gl/XK9ld
January 1, 2013
Althouse: Chief Justice Roberts informs Congress that the federal judiciary is scraping by on a mere $7 billion a year http://goo.gl/XK9ld
