The US Courts of Appeals do not behave as one; they have developed circuit-specific
practices that are passed down from one generation of judges to the next. These different …

The" haves" come out ahead in the federal appellate courts. They benefit from a system that,
for decades, has distributed judicial time and attention selectively: some appeals-those …

After a federal judge is confirmed, they are in active service and, thanks to Article III, can
remain in active service for life. 1 Still, most judges decline this invitation. Instead, active …

Most lawyers know that the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure merged the divergent trial
procedures of the common law and of equity, but fewer are familiar with the development of …

Article III courts are white-collar courts. 1 These courts of limited jurisdiction2 have always
been, as Judith Resnik once observed," special." 3 They are, quite literally, the one percent …

Every now and then, someone writes an article that is the equivalent of the boy in the tale of
the Emperor's New Clothes: everyone could see that the Emperor was naked, but the …

ABSTRACT The fanfare surrounding Supreme Court reform has reached a new peak,
especially after the recent appointments of Justices Gorsuch, Kavanagh, and Barrett …

Federal judges have managed themselves out of the federal appellate process for ordinary
appeals. Managing out refers to a management style where the boss makes the employee's …

1. See, eg, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Org., 597 US 215 (2022)(Thomas, J.,
concurring)(eliminating the Constitutional right to an abortion); Vega v. Tekoh, 597 US 134 …

This study evaluates the effectiveness of implementing the Prodeo and Sidang Keliling at
the Boroko Religious Court in PERMA No. 1 of 2014. The research method used is …