Federal criminal defendants almost always prefer a jury trial to a bench trial, but it is unclear why. Statistically, federal judges are significantly more likAndrew D. LeipoldSocial Science Electronic PublishingLeipold, Andrew D. 2005. "Why Are Federal Judges So Acquittal Prone?" Washington ...
but as a site in its production; similarly, when the critical race theorists tried to understand why non-white people were less likely to be involved in CLS conferences, they weren’t particularly interested in explanations that ran along the lines of well, black people are more likely to ...
Why is the judicial branch most powerful? The federal courts' most important power is thatof judicial review, the authority to interpret the Constitution. When federal judges rule that laws or government actions violate the spirit of the Constitution, they profoundly shape public policy. ...
Children of Horizons: How Gay and Lesbian Teens Are Leading a New Way Out of the Closet This book confronts myths about gay and lesbian youth and explores their real experiences of coming out. The research for the book was conducted at the Hor......
Partisan play - especially Republican obstinacy - has blocked judicial nominations at a record rate. President Obama and the 112th Senate must now quickly nominate and confirm judges for more than 90 lower court vacancies. The swift and fair delivery of justice hangs in the balance.Tobias, Carl...
NONE! Decades ago – such an outrage of Federal abuse would have been evening news. Today? not even worth a good Hoo-Hum. Nobody gives a rat’s ass about what injustices are done to our neighbors – and the Jews KNOW IT. If Nathanael or I had been shot or killed in the incidents...
Proponents of the plan point out that some state judges in the United States are elected by popular vote, although federal judges and Supreme Court justices are appointed. Singh said the U.S. should not be a model, citing studies that show state judges ...
The Federal Government is now attacking the rights of Christians to display “Christmas Lights”… Abraham “Stinky” Foxman, head of the ADL, declares… “Blue & White Chanukah Lights are exempted from the new regulations, because Anti-Semitism is on the Rise in the USA, and as President Ob...
The federal law agency explains that "Successful detection and prosecution of perpetrators requires advanced cybercrime investigative skills, criminal laws, and procedures that keep cyber evidence and allow for prosecution of crimes committed online, specialized training for prosecutors and judges, cross-bor...
obstruction of an act of Congress and one other federal crime as it referred him to the Justice Department for potential prosecution. While the referrals do not compel federal prosecutors to take any action, they sent a powerful signal that a select committee of Congress believes the former presi...