by jpitney | Aug 11, 2022 | Judiciary, Public Service, Violence
Madeline Fixler at JTA: Bruce Reinhart, the federal judge in Florida who signed the warrant allowing the FBI to raid former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property on Tuesday, has been hit with a wave of antisemitic threats online. The outburst has appeared on...
by jpitney | May 18, 2021 | Civility, Judiciary
AP reports: Lawyers being admitted to practice in West Virginia would recite a pledge of civility under a proposal by the state Supreme Court. Supreme Court Chief Justice Evan Jenkins signed an order Monday that would put the proposal out for public comment, the court...
by jpitney | Jan 1, 2020 | Civic Education, Judiciary, Social Media, Uncategorized
Chief Justice John Roberts’s annual report: Hamilton, Madison, and Jay ultimately succeeded in convincing the public of the virtues of the principles embodied in the Constitution. Those principles leave no place for mob violence. But in the ensuing years, we...
