Judges and Judiciary
Apr. 30, 2017
Pardon the interruption
I read recently that conservative justices interrupt liberal justices at higher rates than vice verse — and, in another shocker, that male justices interrupt female justices three times more often than other male justices.
2nd Appellate District, Division 6
Arthur Gilbert
Presiding Justice
2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 6
UC Berkeley School of Law, 1963
Arthur's previous columns are available on gilbertsubmits.blogspot.com.
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A recent article in the New York Times by Adam Liptak reported on a 15-year study concerning oral argument at the United States Supreme Court. The study, soon to be published in the Virginia Law Review, was conducted by law professor Tonja Jacobi and law student Dylan Schweers, both from Northwestern University. They conclude that so-called "conservative justices interrupt liberal ju...
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