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Judge Bernice Donald, who was confirmed to the 6th Circuit by a Senate vote of 96-2 on Tuesday, found out during her confirmation process how much trouble a transcript error can cause after a misattributed quote from a 2008 panel discussion made its way to the Senate Judiciary Committee. View full post on Law.com – [...]

USA Today Health-Care Case Is a Good Moment for Judicial Restraint: ViewBloombergAccording to the 2008 Republican platform, “Judicial activism is a grave threat to the rule of law because unaccountable federal judges are usurping democracy, ignoring the Constitution and its separation of powers, and imposing their personal opinions …Making The Rounds With 11th Circuit's RulingKaiser [...]

The American Bar Association’s House of Delegates on Monday urged states to establish clear procedures for the disqualification of judges for conflicts of interest and to require the disclosure of lawyers and litigants who have contributed to the campaigns of judges before whom they appear. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

Montana Legal Services Closing In Butte Adds Burden To Judicial CommunityNBC MontanaThe Montana Legal Service Association is being forced to close its Butte location. The MLS is going to still try an provide service for Southwestern Montana but the judicial community in Butte-Silver Bow feels this will be a difficult task. …Montana Legal Services Association [...]

The Senate is moving at a quickened pace to fill the vacancy left by the shooting death of U.S. District Judge John Roll of Arizona, holding U.S. Magistrate Judge Jennifer Zipps’ confirmation hearing on Wednesday, only five weeks after she was nominated. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

Supreme Judicial Court: Parking ticket appeals fees are legalBoston HeraldBy AP The state's highest court has ruled that a state law that requires motorists to pay an additional fee to appeal a parking ticket is constitutional. The Supreme Judicial Court ruled unanimously in a decision released Thursday that two men who …and more » View full [...]

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to move ahead with five of President Barack Obama’s judicial nominees, including two for the high-profile U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

New York Times Judicial activism rightTheDay.comThe US Supreme Court's conservative five have again come up with a creative reason for blocking a law intended to mitigate the influence of money in elections. This time the justices, in yet another 5-4 ruling, concluded that a provision of the Arizona …A Supreme Court win for political speech [...]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sent back a constitutional challenge involving federal judges’ pay for a second look by the Federal Circuit. The judges’ petition for review had been filed in May 2010 and relisted 10 times for consideration in the justices’ conferences. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has released the financial disclosure reports of several of the president’s recent judicial nominees, including a former Cravath partner who reported that she took home $2.4 million last year and is worth $4.3 million. View full post on Law.com – Newswire