The Judge Neman saga continues. Are you paranoid if they really are out to get you? Bloomberg law has‘Paranoid’ Incidents Necessitate Newman Exam, Fed. Cir. Says Law360 has Fed. Circ. Panel Says 'Bizarre' Newman Behavior Merits Exam -- "The committee of Federal Circuit judges investigating whether their 95-year-old colleague Judge Pauline Newman is mentally fit to remain on the bench ordered her on Tuesday to submit to medical examinations over what they described as her "bizarre" and "paranoid" behavior." And see Investigation Into Judge Newman's Competency Should Be Transferred, Ethics Experts Say -- Ethics experts agree that an investigation into 95-year-old Judge Pauline Newman’s ability to perform her duties at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit should be transferred to a different court to avoid the appearance of prejudice.
Bloomberg Law also has Clarence Thomas Ethics Review Critic to Appear Before SenateLaw360 has Justice Breyer Says High Court's Power Lies With Public; Law.com has Breyer Looks Back on Sexism Faced by Female Harvard Classmates -- “They were having a tougher time than we thought,” retired Justice Stephen Breyer said of his female peers at Harvard Law School in the early 1960s.
Today's DJ has Justice Hoffstadt's Et tu, Bruton? -- In the last five years, the United States Supreme Court has overruled ten of its precedents. Will the Court “go to eleven” by overruling its 1968 decision in Bruton v. United States, 391 U.S. 123?
The U.S. Courts has posted Susan Oki Mollway, First Asian American Woman on Federal Bench: ‘Believe in Yourself’ -- In recognition of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, a new video profile explores Mollway’s heritage. She cites the influence of her father, a soldier in the Army’s highly decorated Japanese American 442nd Regimental Combat Team; her mother, who stressed education; and Patsy Mink, the first Asian American woman in Congress.
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