http://www.blawgrepublic.com/cat/Judicial/ JUDICIAL NEWS Condesa Inc. Blawg Republic http://gilbertsubmits.blogspot.com/2011/11/lawyers-and-judges-in-harmony.html I will admit it. Some of my best friends are doctors. On occasion we argue about our respective professions. We get into these silly comparisons about who works harder and who contributes more to society's well-being. And when we get into discussions about California's MICRA legislation, misname http://gilbertsubmits.blogspot.com/2011/11/california-lawyers-are-tops-part-i.html Today's column is about something all of us in the legal profession know well, "erratum." When spoken, it sounds euphonious. "Erratum," as you all know, is a fancy Latin word for screw-up. But first a parenthetic observation followed by a question. It is permissible to say "screw-up" in any venu http://gilbertsubmits.blogspot.com/2011/11/tops-part-ii-100-our-of-7-billion.html I cant help it, but when I follow a car with a bumper sticker that states: "My kid is an honor student at Grover Elementary School," I am tempted to rear-end it. Can you imagine marketing your kid? And this takes me to my last months column. We explored the corrosive effects of the " http://legallegacy.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/november-29-1926-%e2%80%93-the-supreme-court-decides-lambert-v-yellowley-et-al/ In Lambert v. Yellowley et. al. , 272 U.S. 581 (1926), the U.S. Supreme Court, by a five to four decision delivered by Justice Louis D. Brandeis, held that the practice of medicine is everywhere subordinate to the exercise of police power by the government. In this case, the medical prac http://gilbertsubmits.blogspot.com/2011/08/on-another-note.html Damn! I miss my First Amendment rights. If a corporation, which, at best, is a fictional person for limited purposes, has First Amendment rights, then why not me? I am a real person most of the time. In voicing this concern, I speak for judges throughout the country who must glue their lips toge http://gilbertsubmits.blogspot.com/2011/08/time-on-my-hands.html Judging and much of practicing law involve forays into the past. Of course we do this in the present, and hope that our efforts lead to a predictive glimpse into the future. A typical case, no matter what its complexity, involves a reach into, a recollection of, the past. In simple terms, someone http://gilbertsubmits.blogspot.com/2011/06/democratic-address.html Who are we? Are we our titles? Not if your name is Dr. Jekyll. Some of the time he's Hyde, the persona hidden under the doctor's respectable patina. Titles impress some people and turn others off. Often it is better to avoid your professional epithet when not engaged in your professi http://legallegacy.wordpress.com/2011/07/04/july-4-1910-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%9cbattle-of-the-century%e2%80%9d/ John Arthur (“Jack”) Johnson (The Galveston Giant) born in 1878, was the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion, winning the world heavyweight title on December 26, 1908. But after Johnson gained the title, racial animosity among whites ran so deep that the press ca http://legallegacy.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/may-2-1927-%e2%80%93-the-u-s-supreme-court-decided-buck-v-bell/ In 2011, a group of legal scholars gathered at Pepperdine School of Law for a symposium on the most maligned cases in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court. The group designated Buck v. Bell, 274 U.S. 200 (1927) as one of the five worst [the others being: Dred Scott v. Sandford http://legallegacy.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/review-of-pox-an-american-history-by-michael-willrich/ Michael Willrichs Pox is a history of the fight against smallpox near the end of the 19th century in the United States. In particular, it emphasizes the resistance to vaccination by a large segment of the American public, and the redefinition of liberty that ensued from the conflict. http://legallegacy.wordpress.com/2011/03/17/review-of-the-invisible-line-by-daniel-j-sharfstein/ This outstanding history of the concept of race in America focuses on the overlooked mass migration from black to white as many African Americans gave up their identities in return for the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. As blacks, they suffered restrictions on the ability http://legallegacy.wordpress.com/2011/03/14/review-of-%e2%80%9cslavery-by-another-name%e2%80%9d-by-douglas-a-blackmon/ This Pulitzer Prize winning book analyzes why blacks did not rise in American society after emancipation until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. It provides an answer to those who counter the lack of black achievement with the bootstrapping advancement of immigrant populations. And most i http://gilbertsubmits.blogspot.com/2011/03/plays-thing.html Over the past two decades, I have written around 200 columns. You think its easy knocking out a column every month? (A knockout of a column is a different story.) Take it from me, getting in the ring with words is not for scaredy cats. It is frightful and wearing to throw wild punches at frenzie http://gilbertsubmits.blogspot.com/2011/03/unintended-consequences-of-impatience.html Patience, one of the most important traits a judge must possess. The JNE (Judicial Nominees Evaluation) Commission questionnaire asks those charged with evaluating candidates for judicial office about temperament. Under that general rubric are the specific qualities of courtesy and patience. http://underneaththeirrobes.blogs.com/main/2011/02/in-re-underneath-their-robes.html Alas, this blog is no longer active. Of course, please feel free to browse through the extensive archives. If you're curious about the identity of Article III Groupie, the foundress of this fine website, please read this