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... year of all was 1981-82 when I had the opportunity to clerk for the Honorable Frank M. Johnson, Jr., at the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. He was, during much of the civil ... movement selected Montgomery so that they would come under the jurisdiction of Judge Johnson. Unlike the other federal trial judges, Andy Young told me that in his ... commodity in race cases. Judge died in 1999. This week, I learned that his wife, Ruth Johnson, passed away. For Judge and Mrs. J., the law clerks were ...

... , his decision to go ahead with the case though lacking in probable cause-all occurred "during the investigation," or when Nifong, the elected DA, improperly assumed personal control of the police investigation. When asked by Justice Ruth Ginsburg whether he was envisioning a process in which police officers who manufactured evidence would receive only qualified immunity while a prosecutor who engaged in comparable conduct but didn't try the case would receive absolute immunity, Sanders demurred ...

... problems occurred during logic and accuracy tests in the run-up to this year's general election, Oakland County Clerk Ruth Johnson disclosed in a letter submitted October 24 (.pdf) to the federal Election Assistance Commission (EAC). The machines at ... design with the M-100s have been documented, this is the first time I have ever questioned the integrity of these machines," Johnson wrote in her letter. According to news stories, a race in the August Republican primary in one Michigan township did ...

... Lou Dobbs discussed what he called "an apparent threat to America's sovereignty," namely certain remarks made by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. I will warn you, her words are shocking. But I feel you need to see them. This is the actual transcript of what she said at a symposium at the Mortiz College of Law at Ohio State University. RUTH BADER GINSBURG, SUPREME COURT JUSTICE: Why shouldn't we look to the wisdom of a judge from abroad with at least as ...

... potbangers would apologize, Duke graduate student Serena Sebring eloquently replied, "Nope." To my knowledge, the only journalist to issue an out-and-out apology for his or her early handling of this case was Susan Ihne of the Asheville Citizen-Times. David Brooks and Ruth Sheehan did so implicitly, by looking beyond their early judgments and seeking the truth. (If there are others, please let me know.) The New York Times? Nothing. The Herald-Sun? Nothing. To my knowledge, the only professor ...

... of a fatal 2004 traffic accident. Vaidik and judges Michael P. Barnes and Terry A. Cronek [ILB- see note at end of entry] listened as both sides presented their arguments in the case of (Benton) Barber v. State. Ruth Johnson, of the Marion County Public Defender Agency, represented Barber, and Deputy Attorney General Cynthia Ploughe argued the state's case. Last year, Barber was charged with and convicted of two counts of reckless homicide and ...

... registered to vote in Durham were motivated by a "secret racism." The anti-Nifong coalition combined Beth Brewer with veteran political operative Jackie Brown; Chronicle columnists Kristin Butler and Stephen Miller with N&O columnist Ruth Sheehan; longtime Durham residents with Duke Students for an Ethical Durham, the umbrella organization that coordinated the voter registration drive. All advocated a vote for the Lewis Cheek line, although Cheek said he wouldn't serve if elected. Perceptive ...

... simply to robotically prosecute claims or seek a conviction at all costs but to make an independent analysis of whether justice would be served by continuing with the case." Yet the tone of the Post's approach to the case came from its opinion pieces. In late June, Ruth Marcus penned an opinion piece admitting that she initially assumed the players were guilty, and making it clear she didn't think much of the team members. But she was open-minded, and troubled, about the facts of the case: "The ...

... that. This argument would have been more compelling had Brodhead not thrice specifically commented on the Group's statement-defending it in a January Chronicle interview and then in "Duke Conversation" events in Philadelphia and Chicago. N&O columnist Ruth Sheehan noted the difficulty in not getting any positive responses from Duke about the team: I did have a conversation with John Burness about the university's role in the case at some point and asked why when all of this was coming out ...

... , and provides both a comprehensive narrative of events as well as impressive analysis. The piece features interviews with editors from the New York Times, the N&O, the Chronicle, the Herald-Sun, and Newsweek-as well as Dan Abrams, Joe Neff, Ruth Sheehan, and critics of the media's handling of the case, such as Dan Okrent, Stuart Taylor, and me. (Nancy Grace declined Smolkin's request for an interview, while Wendy Murphy implied that her over-the-top comments came because she was expected to ...