Federal judges and the environment

January 28th, 2008 | No Comments »

A new, comprehensive study of all NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) cases from 2001-2004 shows that federal lower court judges appointed by a Democratic president ruled in favor of the environmental plaintiffs almost 60% of the time, while judges appointed ...

Bush’s judicial legacy

January 5th, 2008 | No Comments »

To the benefit of all of us, most journalists are not fooled by what I call in the book the Old Story of the legal profession, the story that claims judging is an apolitical activity. ...