The Constitution does not require federal judges to have a law education. The same thing is true for justices appointed to the nation’s highest court. However, the degree of difficulty of law questions being resolved in the Supreme Court—from constitutional, to administrative,...
As the Senate starts its push to get confirmation votes for stalled judicial nominees this year, let us debunk five of the recurring myths hounding the highest court of the land. 1. Supreme Court justices should have prior judicial experience....
For the first time in many years, judicial nominees have been so diverse in terms of ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation that the White House can’t help talking about it. “The men and women the President has nominated to enforce our...
Hispanic Americans The Honorable Reynaldo G. Garza, an alumnus of The University of Texas School of Law, was the first Mexican American federal judge when he was appointed by President John F. Kennedy to the Southern District Court in 1961. He served...
If a uniform has about seven centuries to evolve, how dignified—or unique—can it look? Ask yourself this the next time you see a federal judge or a Supreme Court justice, because, yes, the robes worn by these men and women...
