Individuals because of their identity can't render an impartial judgment is just deeply offensive and contrary to all the ideals of the judicial syst….

We don't want to disqualify individuals who are selected partly because they bring that diverse experience to the court in cases where that experienc….

As Deborah Rhode describes, “When 1,100 Michigan elementary students were asked to describe what life would be like if they were the opposite sex, ov….

If you follow Donald Trump's logic, say that he couldn't decide any civil rights cases because he would be biased.I mean, we do want a diverse and in….

I personally think that we should be extremely reluctant to use a recall mechanism for an unpopular decision simply because of the message it sends a….

There are cases in which somebody has demonstrated just such an outrageous disregard for the bounds of an acceptable decision that you want a measure….

I do think the whole question of judicial accountability is a complicated one. On the one hand, you want to encourage judicial independence. And it's….

There have been so many examples of highly qualified judges of enormous integrity who lost their positions because they were in fact disabled from sp….

You can understand why the original framers of judicial ethics thought it would be undignified and would call into question the legitimacy of the jud….

The cliché is what are the qualifications for a federal Court of Appeals judge is somebody who knew a senator once. I mean the process of selection i….

Ironically enough, if the case involves race, and one claims that race is a disqualifying factor, nobody could hear the case. Everybody comes to thes….

Lawyers like to leave no stone unturned, provided they can charge by the stone..

There's a sorry history of these kinds of charges of bias being leveled at women and judges of color, and also gay and lesbian judges. The theory bei….

If that were a winning argument, Donald Trump could get anybody off the bench on his cases by just something deeply offensive based on their backgrou….

Thurgood Marshall because of his experience of discrimination did bring a special perspective to the court. That’s what his colleagues on the court s….