Evidentiary considerations in disability adjudication - a judge's perspective

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Administrative law judges (ALJs) employed by the Social Security Administration preside over hearings involving claims for disability, which differ from proceedings before most other judges in that they are nonadversarial. These ALJs have a great deal of control over what evidence is ultimately considered, but the regulatory preference that evidence be objective helps ALJs decide when they need further evidence about a disability. The decisionmaking process must be reasoned, not intuitive. There should be uniform decisionmaking among social security ALJs nationwide.

Analysis, Cases, Disability evaluation, Social security

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A perspective on the Washington lawyer today and Charles Horsky's Washington lawyer of 1952

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The role of the "Washington lawyer" has expanded since Charles A. Horsky's 1952 essay on the subject. To Horsky, a Washington lawyer was one who practiced administrative law, but today this lawyer's practice also involves lobbying and other legal specialties such as civil rights and public interest law. Other factors not present in 1952 include the necessity of coping with intense media attention, the influence of the recession on the health of law firms and the public's identification of the lawyer with client interests to which it feels hostile.

Political activity, Attorneys, Lawyers, History, Practice of law, Horsky, Charles A.

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The evidentiary theory of blackmail: taking motives seriously

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An evidentiary theory of blackmail may solve theoretical questions regarding the criminalization of the legal act of disclosing embarrassing personal information. The theory rests on the tenet that seeking enrichment for silence is prima facie evidence of morally blameworthy intent to injure another person. Society ultimately is correct in prohibiting specific motivations intended to cause harmful consequences.

United States, Evidence (Law), Extortion, Criminal intent

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