Federal Judges

There’s a sorry history

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There’s a sorry history of these kinds of charges of bias being leveled at women and judges of color, and also gay and lesbian judges. The theory being that they’re going to be incapable of a disinterested judgment on matters that involve their own identity groups. And it came up famously for Constance Baker Motley … Read more

There are people who

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There are people who oppose a federal Constitutional amendment because they think that the law of family should be made by the states. I can see a legitimate argument there. I think it’s mistaken, however, because the federal government, through the decisions of life-tenured federal judges, has already taken over that area. Dallin H. Oaks

For the most part,

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For the most part, much of the legal world’s attention has been focused on Donald Trump and his attacks on Gonzalo Curiel, the federal judge who is currently presiding over the Trump University fraud cases in California. Trump somehow managed to offend surprising numbers of establishment Republicans. Dahlia Lithwick

There is no reason

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There is no reason to believe that in the face of statutory ambiguity, the meaning of federal law should be settled by the inclinations and predispositions of federal judges. The outcome should instead depend on the commitments and beliefs of the President and those who operate under him. Cass Sunstein

When it comes to

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When it comes to telephone calls, nobody is listening to your telephone calls. That’s not what this program is about. … What the intelligence community is doing is looking at phone numbers, and durations of calls; they are not looking at people’s names and they’re not looking at content. … If the intelligence committee actually … Read more