Stephen Gillers

Jun 29, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | Stephen Gillers |Nancy Gertner

Judge Aileen CannonSouthern District of FloridaWhy is Judge Aileen Cannon slow-walking the Florida documents case against Donald Trump and others? There are three explanations, two of which are troubling and all of which call for appellate intervention. The benign explanation is that Cannon, recognizing her inexperience, simply wants to get it right.

Jun 29, 2023 | bostonglobe.com | Nancy Gertner |Stephen Gillers

The Supreme Court’s reputation is plummeting. The decline is driven partly by the view that the court is politicized as well as by the justices’ dismissal of existing laws that are applicable to them. The court has refused to adopt the Code of Conduct that binds other federal judges, albeit adapted to recognize the court’s unique position. Congress has been urged to enact a code, but partisan divisions and concerns about its authority may prevent it from doing so.

Jan 25, 2023 | scotusblog.com | Stephen Gillers

SCOTUS FOCUS By Stephen Gillers on Jan 25, 2023 at 9:30 am After the oral argument in In re Grand Jury, the smart money would have predicted either that the court would affirm the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit or dismiss the case as improvidently granted. On Monday, it dismissed. In fact, one might be left wondering why the court agreed to hear the case in the first place. Yet the dismissal – known as a “DIG” – does not mean that the court has lost interest in the issue raised,...