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A timely scholarly piece in light of the Kozinski kerfuffle

By Douglas A. Berman

I am still thinking about what to think about the Kozinski kerfuffle (though I love the alliteration that comes with calling this story a kerfuffle).  While I think, I plan to check out this article I just noticed on SSRN, titled "When Judges Are Accused: An Initial Look at the New Federal Judicial Misconduct Rules."  Here is the abstract:On March 11, 2008, the Judicial Conference of the United States, the administrative policy-making body of the federal judiciary, approved the first set of nationally binding rules for dealing with accusations of misconduct by federal judges.  The new rules implement recommendations made by a committee chaired by Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.  The Breyer Committee found that although the judiciary has been doing a very good overall job in handling complaints against judges, the error rate in high-visibility cases is far too high...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 18, 2008 (boomark / email).