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Re: Judges who write their own opinions
Easterbrook and Posner do too, I believe.
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Re: Judges who write their own opinions
I've heard Judge Kleinfeld authors his own opinions, too.
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Re: Judges who write their own opinions
J.A.W. Rogers (D.C. Cir.) does, I've heard.
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Re: Judges who write their own opinions
He does, and it means his opinions take forever and are terrible. Working with Kleinfeld means you have to wait 10 months for the opinion, and plan on basically rewriting it to cite current law and remove typos.Anonymous User wrote:I've heard Judge Kleinfeld authors his own opinions, too.
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patrickd139
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Re: Judges who write their own opinions
According to one of Stevens' former clerks who taught at my law school, Scalia's clerks do research and BlueBooking for the vast majority of their term.ajax adonis wrote:Does Scalia write some of his own opinions? I was reading this and it seems to suggest so: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_ ... ions_.html
("Unless this judge is Justice Antonin Scalia, who has often taken on the task of writing opinions himself, the judge will then usually select one of his or her clerks to take the first crack at drafting the opinion.").
I don't know if we have anyone who would actually know, but does anyone actually kinda know?
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Haymarket
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Re: Judges who write their own opinions
Posner and Easterbrook write their own opinions and use their clerks mostly for feedback and research.
By "writing their own opinions", I take it to mean who writes the first draft. Both the judges I just mentioned definitely do that and more.
By "writing their own opinions", I take it to mean who writes the first draft. Both the judges I just mentioned definitely do that and more.
