Judicial Conduct Commission Data Available
Comparing judicial conduct commissions across the country is just a click, tap, or keystroke away, thanks to a new online resource from NCSC’s Center for Judicial Ethics. This interactive resource helps court leaders, policymakers, and the public examine how commissions operate, including how they conduct their proceedings and what types of sanctions they order or recommend. The…
Supreme Court Of Canada Goes On The Road
To some the idea of the Supreme Court of Canada deciding to “go on the road” may not seem startling. Many state Supreme Courts hold arguments in high schools and law schools. But this is a big step for the Supreme Court of Canada. At a public forum in Victoria hosted by the Supreme Court…
Disparity in Sentencing
The vast majority of judges will never confront the challenge of dealing with the death penalty. And so A new study confirms racial and sentencing disparities in capital cases which “.. found that prosecutors were significantly more likely to seek death against defendants who kill white victims, and that juries were significantly more likely to…
Delay Undermines The Justice System
There is an old adage “justice delayed is justice denied.” Too often courts operate far too slowly despite research that shows the speed to disposition has a major impact on recidivism. But it is not only criminal cases. Can a fifth grade child learn effectively if they do not know which parent they will live…
What IS Your Choice For Most Notable Cases of 2024?
The Brennan Center asked a group of scholars to pick their most important decision of 2024. Here is a sample: Protecting People in the Criminal Justice System Erwin Chemerinsky, dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law My pick for the most notable state constitutional…
Kansas faces ‘constitutional crisis’ with rural attorney shortage, Supreme Court justice says
There is little doubt that there are parts of Canada as well as other states where obtaining a reasonably local attorney is difficult. Kansas faces ‘constitutional crisis’ with rural attorney shortage,Kansas Supreme Court justice KJ Wall recently said recently.at a news conference that released the findings of the Rural Justice Initiative. Kansas Supreme Court Chief…
WHAT ARE THE LIMITS ABOUT WHAT A JUDGE MAY SAY?
I confess that I am at many levels uncomfortable with this decision. A federal judge violated judicial ethics rules by publishing an essay in the New York Times criticizing conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for allowing provocative flags including an upside-down American flag to fly outside his houses, according to an order made…
There is a Constitutional Right to a Clean & Healthful Environment
The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a district court ruling in the nation’s first constitutional climate change trial, affirming that the youth plaintiffs have a “fundamental constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment” while revoking two state laws, The Daily Montanan reports. The 70-page decision, authored by Chief Justice Mike McGrath, comes 16 months after Lewis…
What Are The Limits of Public Nuisance Laws?
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled this week that the state’s public nuisance law couldn’t be used against pharmacies to punish them for the role they played in the opioid crisis that devastated communities in the Midwest. That theory — that over-prescribed medications are a public nuisance — has received mixed support among federal and state judges. THE WASHINGTON…
Building Public Trust: Thinking About Recusal
The Hon. David S. Tatel, served for nearly 30 years on the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Judge Tatel’s memoir, Vision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice (Little, Brown and Company, 2024), tells the story of his more than 50 years of blindness and how he has only recently learned to confront his disability. In the book, he also…
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