Courtroom Safety Is An Issue in California: Ashby Jones has posted on the Wall Street Journal Blog about recent attacks in California courtrooms. The post follows an article in the Sacramento Bee by Kim Minugh and Diana Lambert
reporting on the stabbing of San Joaquin Superior Court Judge Cinda Fox during a murder trial in Stockton last week. Our post on the incident can be found here. Jones' WSJ post states that an article in today's Daily Journal has reported that California courthouses are now turning their attention to courtroom safety. And judges are apparently doing the same thing. One Tehama County judge has decided to protect himself from attack by packing a .38 pistol under his robe.
The Daubert Revolution: Over at Volokh Conspiracy David Bernstein has posted a link to his Engage article that discusses the effects of the Daubert rulings. According to the abstract Bernstein's article discusses the consequences of Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals and its progeny (General Electric Co. v. Joiner, and Kumho Tire Co., Ltd., v. Carmichael) and finds that their implementation has been "quite positive." The article also discusses three limitations to the benefits of Daubert.
A Justice Comments On Serving On the U.S. Supreme Court: At Blog of the Legal Times, Tony Mauro writes that while some believe serving on the U.S. Supreme Court would be "an intellectual feast," Justice Souter commented last night that every term he "undergoes a sort of annual intellectual lobotomy.'" The comment seems odd, but Mauro writes that it was made to serve a larger point that Americans need to develop a "habit of mind" that includes reading books, and reading books is something Justice Souter does not get to do much of while the Supreme Court is in session. Hence the "intellectual lobotomy" comment. Mauro's post concludes with Justice Souter's discussion of what he believes to be necessary to develop a healthy "habit of the mind." According to Mauro, the Justice advocates reading, intellectual curiosity and self-doubt.
The Daubert Revolution: Over at Volokh Conspiracy David Bernstein has posted a link to his Engage article that discusses the effects of the Daubert rulings. According to the abstract Bernstein's article discusses the consequences of Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals and its progeny (General Electric Co. v. Joiner, and Kumho Tire Co., Ltd., v. Carmichael) and finds that their implementation has been "quite positive." The article also discusses three limitations to the benefits of Daubert.
A Justice Comments On Serving On the U.S. Supreme Court: At Blog of the Legal Times, Tony Mauro writes that while some believe serving on the U.S. Supreme Court would be "an intellectual feast," Justice Souter commented last night that every term he "undergoes a sort of annual intellectual lobotomy.'" The comment seems odd, but Mauro writes that it was made to serve a larger point that Americans need to develop a "habit of mind" that includes reading books, and reading books is something Justice Souter does not get to do much of while the Supreme Court is in session. Hence the "intellectual lobotomy" comment. Mauro's post concludes with Justice Souter's discussion of what he believes to be necessary to develop a healthy "habit of the mind." According to Mauro, the Justice advocates reading, intellectual curiosity and self-doubt.
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