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@jduffyrice Last year @ProfJVRoss, @ProfLeonard_ISU and I documented the judicial selection systems of every state high court. Check the below post or look at #52courts52weeks x.com/profjvross/sta…
@jduffyrice Last year @ProfJVRoss, @ProfLeonard_ISU and I documented the judicial selection systems of every state high court. Check the below post or look at #52courts52weeks x.com/profjvross/sta…
@ABaricovich @TravisNTaylorLA @DrToddACurry @50SupremeCourts It is not systematic, but we referenced a bunch of scandals in our #52courts52weeks project. That might help.
@poliscisara I use this one for the presidency and ask students to assess which of the listed powers would be most consequential: vox.com/mischiefs-of-f… For courts, I have students post something about three of my #52courts52weeks threads. They seem to like it. x.com/profjvross/sta…
@poliscisara I use this one for the presidency and ask students to assess which of the listed powers would be most consequential: vox.com/mischiefs-of-f… For courts, I have students post something about three of my #52courts52weeks threads. They seem to like it. x.com/profjvross/sta…
Our #52courts52weeks year in review
27/ As we sign off from this #52courts52weeks tour, we owe our greatest thanks to all of you who joined us on this journey through the history and politics of some of the most important and underappreciated institutions in the country.
26/ To see all the threads from this past year in chronological order, you can click on my first tweet announcing the project on January 1, 2019. #52courts52weeks
Our year in review at #52courts52weeks.
25/ --or the continual drama in West Virginia, culminating in the impeachment of the entire court in 2018. #52courts52weeks x.com/profjvross/sta…
25/ --or the continual drama in West Virginia, culminating in the impeachment of the entire court in 2018. #52courts52weeks x.com/profjvross/sta…
24/ To say nothing of the choking attack between two justices of the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 2011-- #52courts52weeks x.com/profjvross/sta…
24/ To say nothing of the choking attack between two justices of the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 2011-- #52courts52weeks x.com/profjvross/sta…
23/ --and two successive chief justices in Rhode Island who were impeached and eventually resigned. #52courts52weeks x.com/profleonard_is…
23/ --and two successive chief justices in Rhode Island who were impeached and eventually resigned. #52courts52weeks x.com/profleonard_is…
22/ Justices were sometimes caught behaving badly, like Alabama’s infamous erstwhile chief justice-turned Senate candidate, Roy Moore-- #52courts52weeks x.com/drtoddacurry/s…
22/ Justices were sometimes caught behaving badly, like Alabama’s infamous erstwhile chief justice-turned Senate candidate, Roy Moore-- #52courts52weeks x.com/drtoddacurry/s…
21/ --and Oklahoma’s efforts to relocate its state capital included a late-night theft of the state seal. #52courts52weeks x.com/profjvross/sta…
21/ --and Oklahoma’s efforts to relocate its state capital included a late-night theft of the state seal. #52courts52weeks x.com/profjvross/sta…
20/ Justices refereed interbranch disputes in North Dakota during the reign of Governor William “Wild Bill” Langer, that nearly ended in an armed coup-- #52courts52weeks x.com/profjvross/sta…
20/ Justices refereed interbranch disputes in North Dakota during the reign of Governor William “Wild Bill” Langer, that nearly ended in an armed coup-- #52courts52weeks x.com/profjvross/sta…
19/ But perhaps most unforgettable are the wild stories of discord, confusion, violence, and intrigue that pepper the history of state supreme courts. Most notable was Kentucky's Old Court-New Court saga that almost led to a civil war. #52courts52weeks x.com/profjvross/sta…
19/ But perhaps most unforgettable are the wild stories of discord, confusion, violence, and intrigue that pepper the history of state supreme courts. Most notable was Kentucky's Old Court-New Court saga that almost led to a civil war. #52courts52weeks x.com/profjvross/sta…
18/ --and Nevada’s rule that forces a rotation of chief justices as often as every eight months. #52courts52weeks x.com/profleonard_is…
18/ --and Nevada’s rule that forces a rotation of chief justices as often as every eight months. #52courts52weeks x.com/profleonard_is…
17/ Arkansas’ prohibition on interim justices seeking election, which can make life hard as a chief justice-- #52courts52weeks x.com/profjvross/sta…
17/ Arkansas’ prohibition on interim justices seeking election, which can make life hard as a chief justice-- #52courts52weeks x.com/profjvross/sta…
16/ Tennessee’s constitutional requirement that justices be appointed from the three “grand divisions” of the state, and that the Supreme Court meets in each division every year; #52courts52weeks x.com/profjvross/sta…
16/ Tennessee’s constitutional requirement that justices be appointed from the three “grand divisions” of the state, and that the Supreme Court meets in each division every year; #52courts52weeks x.com/profjvross/sta…
15/ Delaware’s requirement that there be partisan balance on the state supreme court, which is set to be reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2020; #52courts52weeks x.com/profjvross/sta…
15/ Delaware’s requirement that there be partisan balance on the state supreme court, which is set to be reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2020; #52courts52weeks x.com/profjvross/sta…
14/ We also learned about some quirky institutional rules that can have some unintended effects, like the power that Illinois justices have to appoint interim judges to lower courts; #52courts52weeks x.com/profleonard_is…
14/ We also learned about some quirky institutional rules that can have some unintended effects, like the power that Illinois justices have to appoint interim judges to lower courts; #52courts52weeks x.com/profleonard_is…
13/ --while Texas' Court of Criminal Appeals set a precedent on flag-burning as protected speech under the First Amendment #52courts52weeks x.com/profjvross/sta…
13/ --while Texas' Court of Criminal Appeals set a precedent on flag-burning as protected speech under the First Amendment #52courts52weeks x.com/profjvross/sta…