 |  _ | Implementation of the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980: A Report to the Chief Justice
Judicial Conduct and Disability Act Study Committee, Stephen Breyer, Sarah Evans Barker, Pasco M. Bowman, D. Brock Hornby, Sally M. Rider, J. Harvie Wilkinson III,
2006 (Publication) 183 pages
The Judicial Conduct and Disability Act 1980 Act authorizes any person to file a complaint alleging that a federal judge has engaged in conduct "prejudicial to the effective and expeditious administration of the business of the courts." The late Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, in 2004, ...(Read more) |
| _ | Statement of Allegations and Reasons in Chief Judge Dismissal Orders Under the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980
Jeffrey N. Barr, Thomas E. Willging,
May 2002 (Publication) 11 pages
This brief report was prepared at the request of the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property of the House Judiciary Committee. Researchers found that in reviewing complaints of judicial misconduct or disability filed pursuant to statute, chief judges of all but one of the ...(Read more) |
| _ | Decentralized Self-Regulation, Accountability, and Judicial Independence Under the Federal Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980
Jeffrey N. Barr, Thomas E. Willging,
1994 (Publication) 180 pages
A report prepared for the National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal under the title: Administration of the Federal Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980: Final Report. The report is in three parts: (1) a description of the appellate courts' processes for handling conduct and ...(Read more) |
| _ | Administration of the Federal Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980: Final Report
Jeffrey N. Barr, Thomas E. Willging,
1993 (Publication)
See "Decentralized Self-Regulation, Accountability, and Judicial Independence Under the Federal Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980" reprinted from 142 University of Pennsylvania Law Review |
| _ | Hearings of the National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal
Robert W. Kastenmeier (Chair),
1993 (Publication) 1007 pages
In 1990, Congress created the National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal, who's charge included investigation of problems related to the discipline and removal of life-tenured federal judges, and evaluation of alternatives to current arrangements for judicial discipline and removal, ...(Read more) |
| _ | Report of the National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal
Robert W. Kastenmeier (Chair),
1993 (Publication) 210 pages
In 1990, Congress created the National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal, who's charge included investigation of problems related to the discipline and removal of life-tenured federal judges, and evaluation of alternatives to current arrangements for judicial discipline and removal, ...(Read more) |
| _ | Report of the National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal: Executive Summary
Robert W. Kastenmeier (Chair),
1993 (Publication) 12 pages
In 1990, Congress created the National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal, who's charge included investigation of problems related to the discipline and removal of life-tenured federal judges, and evaluation of alternatives to current arrangements for judicial discipline and removal, ...(Read more) |
| _ | Research Papers of the National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal, Volume 1
Robert W. Kastenmeier (Chair),
1993 (Publication) 934 pages
In 1990, Congress created the National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal, who's charge included investigation of problems related to the discipline and removal of life-tenured federal judges, and evaluation of alternatives to current arrangements for judicial discipline and removal, ...(Read more) |
| _ | Research Papers of the National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal, Volume 2
Robert W. Kastenmeier (Chair),
1993 (Publication) 851 pages
In 1990, Congress created the National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal, who's charge included investigation of problems related to the discipline and removal of life-tenured federal judges, and evaluation of alternatives to current arrangements for judicial discipline and removal, ...(Read more) |
| _ | Why Judges Resign: Influences on Federal Judicial Service, 1789 to 1992
Emily Field Van Tassel, Beverly Hudson Wirtz, Peter Wonders,
1993 (Publication) 138 pages
Provides a historical perspective on the reasons federal judges have left the bench. The study focuses on the fewer than 200 judges who, over the last 200 years, resigned from the bench for stated reasons other than age or health. The Center prepared the study for the National Commission on ...(Read more) |
| _ | Illustrative Rules Governing Complaints of Judicial Misconduct and Disability
James R. Browning, Charles Clark, Collins J. Seitz,
1986 (Publication) 68 pages
A set of rules for the conduct of proceedings under 28 U.S.C. Section 372(c), developed for consideration by the circuit judicial councils and the national courts. The authors were the members of a special committee of the Conference of Chief Judges of the United States Courts of Appeals. The rules ...(Read more) |
| _ | Judicial Discipline and Removal in the United States
A. Leo Levin, Russell R. Wheeler,
1979 (Publication) 76 pages
An early review of the origins and development of various formal and informal means of dealing with judicial unfitness in the state and federal courts, with emphasis on the "commission" system. The authors evaluate various disciplinary mechanisms according to such criteria as effectiveness and ...(Read more) |