ABA's 'unqualified' judges doing well; the ABA rating system may come under fire, given the jurists' records

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Pres Bill Clinton during his first term picked three lawyers for federal judgeships whom the ABA's Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary rated as unqualified. The reason the ABA gave was the men's lack of significant trial experience. These three men, David F. Hamilton, David A. Katz, and Alexander Williams, Jr., were supported at home and approved by the Senate's Judiciary Committee. They have garnered good performance reviews in their first two years as federal judges, questioning the ABA judicial committee's ability to predict performance on the bench.

Evaluation, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Judicial selection, A.B.A. Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary, Hamilton, David F., Katz, David A., Williams, Alexander, Jr.

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Milken adviser is still fighting '80s battles: Chicago law Prof. Daniel Fischel sues corporations' legal tormentor

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Law professor Daniel Fischel pulls few punches in his book, 'Payback: The Conspiracy to Destroy Michael Milken and his Financial Revolution.' Fischel's defense of Milken, and of Charles Keating and his Lincoln Savings & Loan, arose from his own work with Lexecon, a consultancy he part-owns. Likening Milken and his associates to the so-called robber barons of the late 19th century, Fischel argues they were attacked for upsetting the established order rather than for anything more than technical infractions.

Research, Analysis, Securities fraud, Law and economics, Law and economics (Jurisprudence), Fischel, Daniel R.

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Terrorism law oks fee limits, new deportation

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Proposals to reinstate fault-only divorce overlook the main problems that cause divorce and overestimate the role difficulty of divorce plays in preserving a marriage. Most marriages that end do so for good reason, often resulting in better lives for children involved, but the best way to ensure that would be extensive social services to reduce the number of bad marriages and help women and children after divorce. The rate of marital breakdown bears no apparent relation to the stringency of divorce laws.

Laws, regulations and rules, Deportation, Terrorism, Emigration and immigration law, Immigration law

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