Order In The Court, Order In The Court: The Law Clerk Hiring Plan Returns!
What's the latest proposal on the table, and will it actually work?
The Seventh Circuit’s War With Judge Posner Really Escalated Quickly
I mean, this really got out of hand fast.
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The Seventh Circuit Responds To Judge Richard Posner
Chief Judge Diane Wood disputes Judge Richard Posner's claims about pro se litigants and cameras in the courtroom.
Judge Posner, Uncensored: ‘I Don’t Really Care What People Think’
The recently retired Richard Posner has lost none of his famous candor.
Non-Sequiturs: 07.12.17
* The allegations about Marc Kasowitz's drinking problem might be salacious, but the issue of alcohol abuse by lawyers is serious. [Law.com] * Fun for legal nerds everywhere: Chief Judge Diane Wood benchslaps parties for shoddy jurisdictional statements! [On the Case / Alison Frankel via How Appealing] * And more fodder for #appellatetwitter types: Adam Feldman ranks the most-cited justices of the last Supreme Court Term. [Empirical SCOTUS] * Chris Geidner wonders whether another shoe will drop concerning the emails of Donald Trump Jr. [BuzzFeed] * The trial judge in this defamation case ought to read this analysis by Professor Eugene Volokh -- or at least watch The Big Lebwoski ("For your information, the Supreme Court has roundly rejected prior restraint."). [Volokh Conspiracy / Washington Post] * Professor Paul Horwitz comes to the defense of the latest controversial comments by the artist formerly known as Judge Richard Posner. [PrawfsBlawg]
A Judicial Battle Royal At The Seventh Circuit — And Judge Posner’s Favorite Gays Of All Time
SCOTUS shortlisters and other luminaries of the federal judiciary duke it out in a landmark case.
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A Federal Judge’s Rather Rude Joke About Lesbians
The Seventh Circuit, sitting en banc, delves into... lesbianism.
Judge Frank Easterbrook Has Had It With These Damn Rats
Setting a trap for the rats infesting his docket.
Who Will Obama Nominate To Replace Scalia — A Gambler’s Guide
We place odds on the potential nominees for Antonin Scalia's Supreme Court seat.
Judge Wood Beats Dog
A rolled up newspaper of a benchslap.
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Judge of the Day: Rudolph Randa
It’s hard out here for an immigrant. Arizona has immigrants in the crosshairs, as we all know. Immigrants might also be unable to clerk for federal judges (or at least get paid for it). And when they commit crimes and get sentenced, immigrants are sometimes subjected to snide remarks by judges. The Seventh Circuit recently […]
Wearing Peep-Toe Shoes to Court? Women Judges Weigh In
Earlier today, on the Senate floor, debate took place on whether to confirm Solicitor General Elena Kagan as the nation’s 112th Supreme Court justice. The Kagan nomination is not very controversial, due to the nominee’s impeccable credentials and the Democrats’ 59 votes in the Senate. In the legal blogosphere, a far more divisive debate is […]
SCOTUS Speculation: Could It Be Wood?<br><em>Ten reasons Obama might appoint Diane Wood.</em>
Now that President Obama has interviewed the four finalists for the U.S. Supreme Court seat he has to fill — Judge Merrick Garland (D.C. Cir.), Solicitor General Elena Kagan, Judge Sidney Thomas (9th Cir.), and Judge Diane Wood (7th Cir) — the nominee could be announced any day now. Who will it be? We realize […]
Judicial Sight-ations: Justice Stevens, and Several Potential Successors, in Chicago
For Article III groupies, the InterContinental Hotel in Chicago was the place to be last night. The annual meeting of the Seventh Circuit Bar Association and Judicial Conference of the Seventh Circuit attracted a bevy of judicial superstars, who mixed and mingled at the conference’s grand banquet. The most notable luminary was Justice John Paul […]
FantasySCOTUS Predictions of the Next Justice: Team Kagan v. Team Wood v. Team Garland
Who will replace Justice John Paul Stevens? While pundits, savants, and oracles across the SCOTUSphere pontificate and read Article III tea leaves, FantasySCOTUS.net conducted extensive and detailed polling to predict the next Justice. We have invited our nearly 5,000 members – who represent some of the closest and most ardent Court watchers – to weigh […]