The Northern Review

When I worked in Washington DC as a VISTA Lawyer I had the pleasure of meeting Justice William O. Douglas.  Being from Washington state Justice Douglas, from Yakima, Washington, was revered by many out here.  I met him in person when he swore me in to the Washington Bar in 1970.  He said many things [...]

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Justice Scalia is critical of the New York Times regarding the Riegel v. Medtronics.  He says the paper does not pay attention to the essence of the case and instead reports it as expression of political power. 
An interesting criticism but the issue is really this — is the Court a political body or something else? We like to [...]

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We like to think the Supreme Court is the highest point of the wisdom of our country.  From the minds of nine people dressed in robes and distant from the great swarm of people who employ them, come the great truths upon which we govern ourselves.  We would think The Nine are on top of all of the important issues of our [...]

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The other day, I listened to one of our Supreme Court justices, Anton Scalia, talk about a book –Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges – he had written with another, a writer employed to write by one of the larger law book publishers, a “household name” in the legal profession. There was not [...]

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