Tag: judicial

Israel torn apart by ‘profound division’ over judicial reform: Herzog

Israeli President Isaac Herzog said Sunday that his country is in the midst of a division that is tearing it apart, Anadolu reports. Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Saturday evening to protest plans by the new government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to overhaul t...

Examining the Problematic Exercise of Judicial Power

One of the criticisms I received for a story I wrote on abusive judges, is that I am being unfair to people who did not have the ability to defend themselves or to respond in kind — judicial rules preventing such dialogue in the public sphere. That particular story had a larg...

Santa Gave Himself A Present: Judicial Immunity *

The U.S. Constitution gives us fundamental rights. It is the message our Constitution conveys. And that is also what we have been told in many decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court. But rights never enforce themselves — they require honest and ethical judges. Our modern Suprem...

Steeling the judicial ramparts on the last line of democracy (with Benes Aldana, Seattle University ‘91)

When it comes to the faith and health of the American judiciary, no one would likely describe this as “the best of times.” Judges faces personal threats; courts are seen as politicized; and public opinion slumps, in tandem with civic education. But that’s the challenge that faces t...