Ethics

Republican Domination of Appellate Courts

By Ed Brayton

The Washington Post reports that George W. Bush has been enormously successful at placing his picks on federal appeals courts and that has led to Republican domination of most of the nation's judicial circuits. The article begins by focusing on the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, which includes Michigan, noting a particular case where the full panel of judges overruled a ruling by a smaller appeals court panel:

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on December 12, 2008 (boomark / email).