Earlier this year, the American Bar Association approved a new model code of judicial conduct.  The model code provides suggestions to state judiciaries as they update ethics cannons for their judges.  One of the thorniest issues the ABA had to confront was the issue of when a judge should

In this edition of Ears on Justice, we will be presenting you with more highlights from our Seventh Annual Justice at Stake Summer Workshop. We will hear from Slate Magazine’s Dahlia Lithwick. Lithwick gave an interesting  discussion on the growing relationship between the Supreme Court and the

In this edition of Ears on Justice, we will be offering you some of the highlights from a May 23rd, 2007 conference presented by The Annenberg Political Fact Check. The conference called, “Mudslinging Judges,” included comments from a number of political consultants to judicial candidates. The

In this episode of Ears on Justice we will hear from Professor Sherrilyn Ifill of the University of Maryland Law School. Professor Ifill offered some interesting insights on the next steps towards achieving true diversity on America’s benches. These comments were taken from the Seventh Annual

This edition of Ears on Justice features comments and remarks made by panelists at an May 17, 2007 program organized by  Justice at Stake Campaign’s partner organizations, the Constitution Project and the Brennan Center for Justice.  The panelists discussed Congress' current consideration whether