A case for 'Whizzer White's' greatness
Article Abstract:
US Supreme Court justice Byron R. White has many interests and also has a great concern for people. Criticism that he has not been a great justice because of not adhering to one doctrine throughout his career is unjust. Developing a doctrine throughout a career is a function better associated with a politician. The judge's main function is to decide individual cases. Any judge-made law and policy is incidental to this function. Therefore, evaluating case-by-case performance is the only way to evaluate a judge, and in this way White is excellent.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1993
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Clerks' route to top court; their choice of circuit and judge shapes chance to serve Supremes
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The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit supplies more clerks to the US Supreme Court than any other federal court, 116 since the mid-1980s. The court's 12-year veteran, Judge Laurence H. Silberman, has been the source of 20 clerks since 1987. Informed opinion states that the best law students gravitate to the DC Circuit, which also has an interesting docket of administrative and constitutional law.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1997
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Mr. Justice Marshall lives on in his words
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Thurgood Marshall, the nation's first Afro-American Supreme Court Justice, died on Jan 24, 1993. Before he ascended to the Supreme Court, he developed the litigation strategy which ended segregated education in the US. Quotations from his most famous Supreme Court opinions are given.
Publication Name: The National Law Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0162-7325
Year: 1993
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