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The Latest Breaking News from the Judicial Conference

The Upshot Of The Wynn and Boasberg Complaints: The Code of Conduct Cannot Be Used To Obtain Discovery

The federal judiciary will make no inquiries about whether a judge may have violated the Code of Conduct. The whole burden of proof rests entirely on the complainant.

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Judicial Misconduct Complaint Against Judge Boasberg Dismissed

Judge Sutton concludes there was not much to the complaint submitted by the Department of Justice.

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Even With A Skewed Sample, The New York Times Survey Of Federal Judges Reveals A Brewing Judicial Crisis

And once again, you know who is to blame.

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As The Lower Courts Revolt Against Chief Justice Roberts, Justice Kavanaugh Rises To The Moment

The revolution started with the Boston TRO Party. Who can end it?

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Judge Newman Loses Her Effort to Undo the "Temporary" Bar on Receiving Cases

The D.C. Circuit declines to reach the merits of many of the serious underlying constitutional questions.

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An Update On The Leak From The Judicial Conference

And DOJ files a misconduct complaint against Judge Boasberg.

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Justice Department files misconduct complaint against federal judge handling deportation case

The Justice Department has filed a misconduct complaint against the federal judge who has clashed with President Donald Trump’s administration over deportations to a notorious prison in El Salvador

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Chief Justice Roberts as Chancellor of the Smithsonian Institute

The New York Times offers some insights into the Parliamentarian in Chief.

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What To Make Of The Leak From The Judicial Conference?

Margot Cleveland at The Federalist obtained a copy of a memorandum prepared by the Judicial Conference of the United States.… The post What To Make Of The Leak From The Judicial Conference? appeared first on Reason.com.

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America First Legal Foundation v. Chief Justice John Roberts

A FOIA lawsuit that seeks executive branch control over the Judicial Conference of the United States and Administrative Office of the United States.

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Judicial Conference Recommends 71 New Judgeships, Including Two on the Ninth Circuit

The Judicial Conference again asks Congress to create more judicial seats to address judicial backlogs.

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Can The Judicial Conference Refer Supreme Court Justices To The Attorney General?

The Judicial Conference will study the issue, but hints the answer is probably no.

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Congress Passes Legislation to Create Needed Judgeships, but Biden May Veto

There was bipartisan support for the JUDGES Act, but the election results appear to have changed that.

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What Happens When The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Violate Federal Law?

The Federal Judiciary's Rules Committee will find out if it adopts the "Random Case Assignment" Policy

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Stephen Vladeck Replies to Judge Reed O'Connor on Forum Selection and Judge-Shopping

A different take.

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Judge Reed O'Connor's Remarks On Forum Selection and "Judge Shopping"

"Appearing to cave to criticism from commentators and political officials, this Judicial Conference proposal rejects the idea that there are no partisan judges—only judges doing their level best to faithfully apply the law to reach the correct decision."

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Supreme Court to decide contentious issues amid ongoing criticism - Roll Call

The Supreme Court is about to issue dozens of decisions that include hot-button political issues amid criticism of their ethics.

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Judge James C. Ho's Remarks to the Midland County Bar Association

"This isn’t about forum shopping. It’s about forum shaming. It’s about shaming judges who won’t distort their rulings to do their bidding—while rewarding those judges who do."

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Fifth Circuit Judges Clash Over Venue and Judge Shopping

Judges Oldham and Higginson disagree about where a case belongs: NDTX or DDC.

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Progressive Groups to Senator Durbin: Judicial Conference "Watered Down" and "Bow[ed] Down" To Opposition

Now, for better or worse, the Judicial Conference has shown itself to be pliable by the political currents.

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Breaking: Northern District of Texas Issues Nationwide Injunction Against Judicial Conference "Guidance" Document.

This court will not "make any change to our case assignment process at this time."

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Progressive Lawyers Engage In Actual Judge Shopping In Alabama

"Surreptitious Steps" to draw a Carter appointee in a deep red state demonstrate why the Judicial Conference's policy would not work.

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The Priorities of the Judicial Conference of the United States

Rather than addressing bankruptcy and patent forum and judge shopping, on which there is a large bipartisan consensus, the Judicial Conference rushed through a botched proposal in response to political pressure and Twitter noise.

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A Comment On The Judicial Conference's Policy From A Fifth Circuit Practitioner

I pass along this comment I received from a well-known attorney in Texas who clerked on both the federal District Court level and at the Fifth Circuit. I suspect this attorney's views are widely shared: The memo to the judiciary has now become available, but that does not address the…

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The Text Of The Policy Approved By The Judicial Conference

I obtained a copy of the report approved by the Judicial Conference. First, why on earth could this memo not have been issued contemporaneously with the press release? This may be one of the most-botched governmental rollouts since HealthCare.gov. The Executive Committee should carefully re-assess their procedures here. Second, the…

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