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  • The Soul of an Elected Judge

    Legal Times

    August 9, 1999

    The Soul of an Elected Judge

    By Mark Kozlowski

    The idea of electing judges has an unsettling aspect that is almost self-evident. As Justice John Paul Stevens once said to the American Bar Association, the practice “is comparable to allowing football fans to elect the referees.” The practice is even more problematic when, as in a recent case from Louisiana, the fans occupying the luxury boxes exert a highly disproportionate influence over the electoral results.

    August 9, 1999
    Fair Courts

  • A Close-Minded Judge is Out of Order

    The Boston Herald

    July 5, 1999

    A Close-Minded Judge is Out of Order

    By Mark Kozlowski

    The race for the Republican presidential nomination is well under way and no one doubts that Texas Gov. George W. Bush is the man to beat. That being the case, the other GOP candidates know that if Governor Bush cannot be knocked off of his pedestal, they better start working on a concession speech and prepare for a farewell appearance on “Larry King Live.”

    July 5, 1999
    Fair Courts

  • 'Thin Constitution is Light Fare'

    Legal Times

    June 14,1999

    ‘Thin Constitution is Light Fare’

    By Mark Kozlowski

    June 14, 1999
    Fair Courts

  • Lott's Hispanic Quota

    The Nation

    October 5, 1998

    Lott’s Hispanic Quota

    By Deborah Goldberg

    Senate majority leader Trent Lott has established a new rule for the federal judicial selection process. There can be one, and only one, Hispanic woman on the United States Courts of Appeals. Since there is already one such judge (Rosemary Barkett, on the 11th Circuit), other Hispanic women can serve on trial courts, but the appellate courts are officially off limits.

    October 5, 1998
    Fair Courts

  • Blaming the Judge

    The Washington Monthly

    September 1998

    Blaming the Judge

    By E. Joshua Rosenkranz

    September 1, 1998
    Fair Courts

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