Old Judges Don't Fade Away, They Simply Sue to Stay
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Judges, like professional athletes, rarely know when it's time to hang it up. Like pro athletes, because they're insulated from the public — for good reason — and people routinely suck up to them, they can sometimes lose touch with reality and how they're perceived.
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Voter ID Decision Was One of Pa. Supreme Court's Finer Moments
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Over the last 19 years, I've seen the Pennsylvania Supreme Court suffer numerous black eyes, shoot itself in the foot, and often appear clueless when it comes to public perceptions of the court.
Pa. Courts Must Tread More Carefully With the Right to Vote
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Taking a page out of the strict constructionists and Tea Party types, I'm going to channel the spirit of the Founding Fathers and say that they would argue that other than freedom of speech, there is no greater right in America than the right to vote. So why are so many quick to let the government set limits on that right?
The Freeh Report: A Case Study in How People Rationalize Ignoring Evil
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
After reading the Freeh report, there's no getting around it: Joe Paterno fucked up. I apologize for the bad language, but there's no other way to describe it. Besides, little kids aren't reading this, and if they do, I think it will be far more damaging to their psyche to learn that powerful and influential men could care so little for their welfare or fail them so badly.
When Are Men Going to Put an End to the Boys' Club?
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
If you ask me Sandra Fluke, the 30-year-old Georgetown law school student who argued in favor of health care plans covering contraceptives before Congress, has more balls than Rush Limbaugh.
It's Open Season on Children in Pennsylvania
The Legal Intelligencer
Friday, November 11, 2011
In light of the Penn State sex abuse scandal, Pennsylvania really needs to change its nickname from the Keystone State to the Child Abuser State.
Ten Years Later, We're Still Here
The Legal Intelligencer
Friday, September 9, 2011
It's been nearly 10 years since the Sept. 11 attacks and the two questions that keep popping up in my head are: What has changed? And what have we learned?
Lawyers Are Needed Now, as Well as a Focus on Their Struggles
The Legal Intelligencer
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
When I think of models for leadership, I don't often think of lawyers. Too much second-guessing, too much timidity, too often a lemming-like mentality and a horrible fear to do anything new or that goes against conventional wisdom. However, in these tumultuous times, I actually think lawyers have a lot to offer in terms of helping us out of this political and financial mess.
ABA Report No Reason for High Fives for Judicial Conduct System
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
An American Bar Association report on Pennsylvania's judicial conduct system provided a number of helpful recommendations on ways to improve the system and did so without being overly critical, particularly of the Judicial Conduct Board.
Pa. Supreme Court Gets Serious About Recusal of Judges
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently signaled that it is going to be taking a much closer look at how trial court judges handle themselves and not hesitate to remove them from cases if there's a question about their impartiality.
