Immanuel Kant would've made a lousy lawyer, but a great judge!
Stephen Gillers
justice ethics judge great made
From the media's perspective, extremes are news,.. Completely distorted by the emphasis on what I would call the grotesque or extreme cases.
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For a court to award that kind of money, the court has to find an utter lack of basis
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It is hardly possible that a person could achieve nomination for appointment to the United States Supreme Court and yet have no opinions about the significant constitutional issues and cases of our day,.. And the fact that the nominee does have such opinions and voices them will not undermine impartiality or the appearance of impartiality such that he or she would be disqualified when those issues or cases come before the court.
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[Bush's action Monday] makes a lot of sense. He now knows with near certainty that Roberts is a survivor, who has been vetted by the press and the legal establishment,.. No skeletons have been found, nothing that could possibly derail his confirmation despite some opposition from progressive groups.
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The justice is a law into himself or herself on that issue.
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The lawyer can reveal anything he is not forbidden to reveal. There are rules governing what a lawyer can say publicly about a litigation proceeding and those are meant to balance the interest in public discussion and the interest in an untainted trial.
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They suffered because of it,.. They were fearful because of it. They were in need of counseling because of it.
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[The stepped-up pace of Fitzgerald's work in recent weeks suggests that] he's coming to closure,.. Is in harm's way.
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It's not a basis for disqualification, so long as neither child is involved in the case.
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