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Today's DJ has Merete Rietveld's How Does the US Legal System Rank Internationally?
The WJP surveys thousands of legal experts and practitioners, and over 100,000 household surveys each year to rank countries based on their adherence to the rule of law. The United States currently ranks 27 -- behind South Korea and Uruguay, behind most western European countries, way behind Scandinavia. We fell from 21st to 27th in 2021, a decline greater than any other high-income country. Over the past five years, the U.S.'s ranking has steadily fallen from 2016 when it placed 16 in the world.
Who is this group challenging the popular narrative of American legal exceptionalism? In 2006, then-president of the American Bar Association, William Neukom, founded the WJP to "create knowledge, build awareness, and stimulate action to advance the rule of law worldwide." Its board of directors includes 9th Circuit Judge M. Margaret McKeown and USC Law School Dean William Hubbard.
And here's an unpub from the 5th that can be summed up like this: "79 > 60 = dismissal"
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