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By Brad Kutner | Avalon Zoppo | July 21, 2022
President Joe Biden is on his way to appointing three judges to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
By Avalon Zoppo | Brad Kutner | July 14, 2022
We take a look at this week's rush of judicial nominations, as well as finding a middle ground on reforming the Supreme Court.
By Avalon Zoppo | Brad Kutner | July 8, 2022
One way to get nominees confirmed more quickly: the Senate Judiciary Committee could hear more judicial picks per hearing and schedule more hearings than normal.
By Avalon Zoppo | Brad Kutner | June 30, 2022
"Even though I'm a retired state judge, we're all lumped together with the U.S. Supreme Court. When they're held in low esteem, so are we and we need to remedy that," one state judge said this past week.
By Avalon Zoppo | Brad Kutner | June 23, 2022
This week, we're taking a look at a couple of different topics, including ethics codes for justices and a look at administrative stays.
By Avalon Zoppo | Brad Kutner | June 16, 2022
With threats against Justice Kavanaugh last week and a judge in Wisconsin speaking this week about a threat against him, some members of the judiciary seem to be wondering if getting a gun for protection is a good idea.
By Avalon Zoppo | Brad Kutner | June 10, 2022
Plus: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's introduction of nominees to the Sentencing Commission is a hopeful sign that the understaffed body can soon get back to its work.
By Avalon Zoppo | Brad Kutner | June 3, 2022
It didn't take long for a single paragraph on PACER access from a Judicial Conference report to go viral, even if most of the internet got it wrong.
By Avalon Zoppo | Brad Kutner | May 26, 2022
Panelists at a National Judicial College event talked about how disinformation undermines the judiciary's independence, and what can be done about it.
By Avalon Zoppo | Brad Kutner | May 12, 2022
Aliza Shatzman was an aspiring assistant United States attorney and excited to start a clerkship in the D.C. Superior Court in August 2019, but it wasn't long after she started that she began facing harassment and discrimination from the (now former) judge she clerked for.
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