Forum (Forum & Focus)
Aug. 27, 2009
Who Makes the Rules?
Georgene Vairo asks: When it comes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, who should be allowed to make changes: the Supreme Court or Congress?
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By Georgene Vairo Most of students dread having to take civil procedure. Rules. How boring. I try to hook them on the course during my first class by giving them examples of the "Power of Procedure." I tell them about cases in which the rules we use in civil dispute resolution can make a dramatic difference: Jones v. Clinton, for example, in which a discovery dispute ultimately led to the impeachment of President Clinton...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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