Bench & Bar

White House says ‘activist judges’ at fault for gay marriage ruling

www.catholicnewsagency.com | 05/16/2008

“Activism? What Activism?”

bench.nationalreview.com | 05/16/2008

Phyllis Schlafly Hon. Degree Sparks Wash U Spat, Law Prof Protests

www.abajournal.com | 05/16/2008

“Posner Sees Need for More ‘Candid’ U.S. Supreme Court”

howappealing.law.com | 05/16/2008

Supreme Court Petitions to Watch includes right of public school teacher to choose private school

www.scotusblog.com | 05/15/2008

Professor Laurence Tribe at NYU Commencement: ‘Thank mom and dad for doing it.’

abovethelaw.com | 05/15/2008

Senate Judiciary votes to create dozens of new federal judgeships

washingtonbriefs.blogspot.com | 05/15/2008

PA Governor Rendell Condemns Partisan Senate Vote Blocking Appellate Court Nominations

www.prnewswire.com | 05/15/2008

Kansas Voters Could Change the Way Judges Are Selected

www.townhall.com | 05/14/2008

Paul Clement resigns as Solicitor General effective June 2nd

www.scotusblog.com | 05/14/2008

Pennsylvania: Rendell’s judicial nominees rejected in partisan showdown

www.philly.com | 05/14/2008

Partial-Birth Abortion and the Perils of Constitutional Common Law

| 05/14/2008

“Ranking the Politics of Supreme Court Justices: Four of the five most conservative justices since 1937 are on the bench today”

www.usnews.com | 05/14/2008

N.Y. Judges to Lawmakers: No Pay Raises for Us, No Hearings for You

www.abajournal.com | 05/13/2008

Bush sending consensus nominees to Senate

www.law.com | 05/13/2008

The “Mystery of Life” in the Lower Courts: The Influence of the Mystery Passage on American Jurisprudence

| 05/12/2008

In U.S. appeals courts, Reagan’s influence endures

www.usatoday.com | 05/12/2008

Findlaw Commentator: McCain proves judicial activism is a non-issue

writ.lp.findlaw.com | 05/09/2008

President nominates Glen E. Conrad to 4th Circuit

howappealing.law.com | 05/09/2008

Cornell Law offers U.S. Code RSS updates

www.law.cornell.edu | 05/08/2008

Research revolution: Harvard Law to offer ‘open access’

www.law.harvard.edu | 05/08/2008

3 Michigan nominees face tough questions from U.S. senators despite deal with Bush administration.

www.detnews.com | 05/08/2008

What McCain expects from federal judges

howappealing.law.com | 05/08/2008

GOP senators question quick action on judicial nominee

ap.google.com | 05/07/2008

Scalia Explains Why He Gave In to ‘Public Spectacle’

www.abajournal.com | 05/07/2008

Depression Among Lawyers: Chicken or Egg?

legalblogwatch.typepad.com | 05/07/2008

A Spirited Practice: Combining Law With Religion Is Work — but Worth It

www.law.com | 05/07/2008

Federal Court Allows Judicial Candidates To State Their Views On Questionnaires

| 05/06/2008

Bill to raise judicial salaries by 29% runs into trouble

www.law.com | 05/06/2008

Sandra Day O’Connor stresses the importance of a judiciary not shaped by donors with deep pockets.

www.startribune.com | 05/06/2008

John McCain’s Vision For The Federal Judiciary

www.johnmccain.com | 05/06/2008

McCain castigates Obama for voting against chief justice

ap.google.com | 05/06/2008

“Justice Ginsburg on Women in the Law”

howappealing.law.com | 05/05/2008

Law School Cancels ‘Sex Toys 101’ Seminar; Students Want Apology

www.abajournal.com | 05/01/2008

The Senatorial Plot Thickens on Judges

bench.nationalreview.com | 04/30/2008

Pro-Life Group Accuses Kansas Judge of Involvement in Illegal Abortion Cover-Up

www.lifesitenews.com | 04/30/2008

Conservative St. Thomas law students back dean in Planned Parenthood flap

blogs.citypages.com | 04/30/2008

Unrest at University of Georgia Over Appearance by Clarence Thomas

www.law.com | 04/30/2008

“Norming”: America’s Interests, the Constitution, and the UN

www.hillsdale.edu | 04/30/2008

Michigan: Judge in veil case to issue written ruling

www.freep.com | 04/30/2008

Tension Mounts Over U.S. Bench Vacancies

www.law.com | 04/30/2008

Why Courts Should Reject the Presumption of Severability in the Face of Intentionally Unconstitutional Legislation

| 04/29/2008

Severability as Judicial Lawmaking

| 04/29/2008

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice lashes out at GOP state senator on nominations

www.philly.com | 04/29/2008

Our Libertarian Court: Bong Hits and the Enduring Hamiltonian-Jeffersonian Colloquy

| 04/29/2008

Naming Rights Don’t Sell for $20M, So Ave Maria Scraps New Building Plan

www.abajournal.com | 04/28/2008

60 Minutes interview with Justice Scalia

www.cbsnews.com | 04/28/2008

Securing the Rule of Law Through Interpretive Pluralism: An Argument from Comparative Law

| 04/28/2008

The ABA’s ‘Diversity’ Diktat

online.wsj.com | 04/28/2008

I’m Conservative, But Not Biased, Scalia Says

www.abajournal.com | 04/25/2008

HLS Wins National Appellate Advocacy Competition

| 04/24/2008

Caseload, Marital Problems Raised as Factors in Judge’s Tirade Over Courtroom Cell Phone

www.law.com | 04/24/2008

SCOTUS petitions to watch includes RFRA and asylum for marriage case

www.scotusblog.com | 04/24/2008

Which Undergrad Majors Do Best on the LSAT?

leiterlawschool.typepad.com | 04/23/2008

Treating Like Subdecisions Alike: The Scope of Stare Decisis as Applied to Judicial Methodology

| 04/23/2008

Springtime for Judges: Judges try to run out the clock on nominees

online.wsj.com | 04/23/2008

Florida: Butt out, Judicial Qualifications Commission tells high court

www.tampabay.com | 04/23/2008

New Software Speeds Pro Bono Work

www.law.com | 04/22/2008

NY: Mining for metadata is unethical

legalblogwatch.typepad.com | 04/21/2008

The Politics of International Law Scholarship

volokh.com | 04/21/2008

Gonzales v. Carhart and the Court’s “Women’s Regret” Rationale

| 04/21/2008

Dead Hand Arguments and Constitutional Interpretation

| 04/21/2008

Judicial Candidates Sue to Protect Judicial Speech Rights

| 04/21/2008

Ave Maria law school coming to S.W. Florida, just not to the college’s campus

www.naplesnews.com | 04/18/2008

Roberts: Lawyers “Backboards” to Judicial Debate

www.abajournal.com | 04/18/2008

Missouri plan to change way judges are selected is rebuffed

www.stltoday.com | 04/18/2008

An Enigmatic Court? Examining the Roberts Court as It Begins Year Three

| 04/18/2008

Jonah Goldberg: “Courting Disaster”

article.nationalreview.com | 04/18/2008

Scalia, long shy of news media, now more open

www.usatoday.com | 04/18/2008

Semantic Originalism

ssrn.com | 04/17/2008

Big business conspires to promote sexual orientation diversity in big law

| 04/17/2008

A Tuition Secret: In Law School, It Pays to Be Above Average

www.abajournal.com | 04/16/2008

Specter queries White House hopefuls on judges

hosted.ap.org | 04/16/2008

Bush, Mich. senators end fight over 6th Circuit: Clinton nominee to be appointed

www.detnews.com | 04/16/2008

Washington Post: Judges, and Justice, Delayed: The Senate needs to move faster on court nominations.

www.washingtonpost.com | 04/15/2008