Judicial Issues

Judicial Analysis

In this section we look at the issues surrounding judicial selection and removal – state and federal appointments, elections, formal removal procedures, judicial philosophy, and the political process as it impacts those issues. We will also report on and analyze important court decisions from around the country that touch on the family, including marriage, life, religious liberty, limited government, speech, conscience and sexuality.

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Pick of the Week

Where did Federalism Go?

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Recent News

9th Circuit: Videos of Marriage Amendment Trial Will Remain Sealed

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals handed marriage advocates a solid victory Thursday, declaring that videotapes of a trial over California’s same-sex marriage decision will remain sealed. The hearings concern Prop. 8, the voter-initiated law to keep the definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman, [...]

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Featured Blog

An ‘Implausible’ and ‘Illogical’ Application of the Law

Thus says the 9th Circuit panel of three judges who overturned federal district court Judge James Ware’s order to release the Prop 8 trial videotape. Between Judge Vaughn Walker, the original trial judge that presided over the Prop 8 (the California marriage amendment) trial in 2010, and Judge James Ware, who took over the case [...]

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