Supreme Court Splits...on Grammar and Writing StyleBarton, JillScribes Journal of Legal Writing
I am writing to apply for a position as a Supreme Court justice. I have significant experience in peer mediation and conflict resolution and can be a valuable asset to your bench. As I'm sure you're aware, your court--the Supreme Court--is the final word on all legal matters, marking...
Supreme Court opinions. We first recast the phenomenon of passive voice as a matter of strategic writing and subject it to political analysis. We then argue that a productive relationship between active and passive writing is required by the conventions of legal legitimacy, particularly as it ...
Supreme Court of the United States, final court of appeal and final expositor of the Constitution of the United States. Within the framework of litigation, the Supreme Court marks the boundaries of authority between state and nation, state and state, and
Supreme People’s Court Developments, December 2024-January 2025 January 19, 2025 Leave a comment from the report on the 2025 Central Political-Legal Work Conference on one of the SPC’s websites See below a brief summary of recent developments (or at least the principal recent developments...
If that’s true, we at Ragan Communications cannot hope to resolve this year’s brawls and fistfights over the question that divides the republic: How good (or bad) is the writing of Supreme Court Justice Neil M. Gorsuch? Those on the right, we suspect, will be more inclined to agree...
Kennedy. (Wade would later come to light as a ruthless prosecutor who engaged in unscrupulous legal maneuvers to ensure criminal prosecutions, no matter the cost and despite evidence to the contrary.) After McCorvey’s suit was filed, a Texas district court ruled the state’s abortion ban ...
the presiding judge of the Supreme Court, and Highest judicial officer of the republic. See also: Chief justice Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, or visit...
Concurring opinions raise a theoretical puzzle for scholars of the Supreme Court and offer a unique opportunity to differentiate between voting for the outcome versus voting for the opinion. The justice agrees with the result, yet seeks to limit, expand, clarify or change the grounds for an other...
The lawyers involved are only “necessary” or “useful” when the court believes so. Therefore, lawyers generally lack incentives and confidence to pay more attention to the legal and case (re)search, because there have been many times under which the courts simply ignore the lawyers’ efforts...