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How Many Californians Face Eviction Each Year? The State Can’t Say For Sure.

A bill moving through the Legislature would improve eviction tracking and could help California better target homelessness prevention funding.

Capital & Main

Chief Judge Pryor's Non-Order in the Eleanor Ross Judicial Misconduct Proceedings: Why It Is So Problematic and What Might Be Done About It

A guest post from Professor Arthur Hellman.

Reason

The Latest Chicanery in Judge Ross's Case

Congress needs to revisit this entire regime.

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Judge Ross Lacked Any Remorse, and The Chief Judge of the Eleventh Circuit Gave Her One Too Many Chances To Correct The Record

The latest developments make Judge Ross's situation, and the Eleventh Circuit's response, even worse.

Reason

The Criminal Charges Against Judge Ryan Nelson: How Should the Judiciary Respond?

A guest post from Professor Arthur Hellman.

Reason

Judge Ross Should Have Been Punished For Abdicating Her Judicial Power To Her Law Clerks

Perhaps it is common enough for Presidents to sign executive orders he does not read, or for members of Congress to vote on bills they do not read, but federal judges should aspire to a higher standard.

Reason

A Private Ethics Order From The Fifth Circuit With Dissents To Make It Public (Updated)

How could it be that not a single member of the 11th Circuit Judicial Council thought to make Judge Betsy's reprimand public?

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What's Next for Judge Eleanor Ross? A 2009 Impeachment May Provide Some Clues

A guest post from Professor Arthur Hellman

Reason

California arrests thousands on minor drug charges, but few get treatment

Exclusive: Drug users face felonies and prison under Prop 36, with analysis showing racial disparities and little help

The Guardian - US

Judicial Misconduct Complaint Against Judge Boasberg Dismissed

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

Reason

Judicial Misconduct or Impeachment Based On The Merits Of a Decision

Could a Judicial Council take away all of a judge's cases based on the merits of a decision? Could Congress delegate this power of stealth impeachment?

Reason

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.

Reason

The Battle over Judge Newman's Unconstitutional "Stealth Impeachment" Continues

Judge Newman files a powerful reply to the unprecedented claim of the Federal Circuit's Judicial Council that she can be suspended from her duties indefinitely. And the Judicial Council's recent hiring of adversarial experts raises new questions about bias against Judge Newman.

Reason

Is Judge Newman Entitled to Her Day in Court to Challenge Her "Stealth Impeachment"?

Other former judges and I have just filed an amicus brief in the D.C. Circuit, making the case that the federal courts should consider Judge Newman's challenge to being effectively removed from her position on the Federal Circuit in violation of her constitutional rights.

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The Independent UK

Oldest federal judge, 97, embroiled in battle with bench trying to suspend her

The 97-year-old was appointed by Ronald Regan 40 years ago

Reason

Where does the Judicial Conference Get the Authority To Mandate Case Assignments?

A general power to issue orders to judicial employees does not trump a specific power for district courts to make their own rules about case assignments.

Reason

The Judicial Conference Legislates From The Shadow Docket

The Chief Justice and his associates target only one type of forum shopping in response to political criticism through a secret policy that will not be released for months.

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A 96-year-old federal judge was barred from hearing cases in a fight over her fitness

The unusually public and bitter fight over whether a judge should continue to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has sparked a lawsuit and turned judges against one another.

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The Independent UK

A 96-year-old federal judge is barred from hearing cases in a bitter fight over her mental fitness

A 96-year-old U.S. federal appeals court judge has been barred from hearing cases for a year after a judicial panel said she refused to undergo medical testing over concerns she's no longer mentally fit to serve on the bench

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