In a recent survey, only 12 out of 65 Federal Judges agreed that the U.S. Supreme Court makes appropriate use of the emergency docket. The emergency docket refers to the process by which a litigant can bypass the courts of appeals and go straight to the U.S. Supreme Court. There have been far more emergency
A federal judge writes a nice blog on federal judges. See herculesandtheumpire.com. He discusses the studies on employment cases in the Northern District of Georgia. I wrote about that study here.
Judge Richard Kopf titles his blog post, "Judges are Killing Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964." The judge wrote
The first Obama judicial appointment to be approved by the Senate is Magistrate Judge Diana Saldana. Judge Saldana replaces Judge George Kazen in Laredo. See story.
This is an unfortunate reflection on the state of federal politics. The Obama administration is two years old and just now, the first Texas appointment has been approved.
Judge Sam Kent was denied his request to be certified as having a disability which affected his ability to perform his duties. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals denied his request. Judge Kent was and still is a United States District Judge. He heard many discrimination cases in his 15 years plus on the