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4 Jul 2015, 5:37 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Here we see in 1869 one of the more radical reductions in Texas judges' habeas power - removing it from the hands for the front-line ministers of the justice and reserving it for the bigshots in Austin.For that matter, how different would the criminal justice system be today if District Attorneys were "appointed by the Supreme Court and commissioned by the Governor" instead of popularly elected on a partisan basis? [read post]
26 May 2016, 6:22 am by Stephen Wermiel
He was replaced by Justice Sonia Sotomayor. [read post]
29 Apr 2010, 1:04 pm by Erin Miller
 He likes to observe that nearly all of the justices appointed from Nixon onward have been more conservative than their predecessors, with the possible exceptions of Ginsburg (who replaced White) and Sotomayor (who replaced Souter). [read post]
26 May 2023, 4:00 am by Josh Blackman
Johnson is one of four presidents that did not appoint any Supreme Court Justices. [read post]
30 Apr 2022, 4:00 am by Josh Blackman
He would appoint eleven members to the Supreme Court: Chief Justices Jay, Rutledge, and Ellsworth, and Justices Wilson, Blair, Cushing, Rutledge, Iredell, Johnson, Paterson, and Chase. [read post]
30 Apr 2024, 4:00 am by Josh Blackman
He would appoint eleven members to the Supreme Court: Chief Justices Jay, Rutledge, and Ellsworth, and Justices Wilson, Blair, Cushing, Rutledge, Iredell, Johnson, Paterson, and Chase. [read post]
28 Jul 2007, 2:11 pm
  Two years ago, before the appointments of Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito, only 19 percent expressed that view. [read post]
28 Jun 2015, 9:11 am by Tom Smith
Whether it’s Clinton-appointed Stephen Breyer talking darkly at the Aspen Institute about conservative justices or Rachel Maddow’s anti-Supreme Court screeds, or President Obama repeatedly assailing the justices in public, the threat from Democrats to the court is this stark: If you don’t decide cases in our favor, we will delegitimize you in the eyes of the American people. [read post]
26 May 2024, 4:00 am by Josh Blackman
Johnson is one of four presidents that did not appoint any Supreme Court Justices. [read post]
26 May 2022, 4:00 am by Josh Blackman
Johnson is one of four presidents that did not appoint any Supreme Court Justices. [read post]
30 Apr 2023, 4:00 am by Josh Blackman
He would appoint eleven members to the Supreme Court: Chief Justices Jay, Rutledge, and Ellsworth, and Justices Wilson, Blair, Cushing, Rutledge, Iredell, Johnson, Paterson, and Chase. [read post]
11 Nov 2008, 2:26 pm
Yesterday's IntLawGrrls post on Dame Rosalyn Higgins, the current President of the International Court of Justice, comments on how out of step the Court is in terms of appointing female justices. [read post]
17 Sep 2024, 2:58 pm by Will Korn
Perry then appointed Jefferson chief of the bench three years later and Jefferson went on be reelected as chief justice in 2002, 2006, and 2008. [read post]
21 Jun 2018, 9:11 am by Howard Wasserman
Justice Kagan wrote for herself, the Chief, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch. [read post]
4 Sep 2007, 2:16 am
[JURIST] Six foreign judges on Fiji's Court of Appeal submitted their resignations Monday, accusing the military government-appointed chief justice Anthony Gates of interfering with the court's functions by not consulting the judges about their availability when arranging sittings. [read post]
7 Jan 2016, 7:14 pm
Doug Ducey on Wednesday passed over a long list of experienced jurists to appoint an attorney from a conservative think tank to the Arizona Supreme Court. [read post]
16 Dec 2011, 12:30 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
For those speculating who may lead the new Texas Juvenile Justice Department, scratch Vicki Spriggs' name off the short list. [read post]
8 Dec 2014, 11:26 am by Guest Blogger
The Judicial Council also appointed “Independent Counsel”. [read post]