Justiceship

On the Oklahoma court, the Chief Justiceship is a rotating position; the current Vice-Chief (Marian Opala) was Chief Justice once, and was hoping to be that again, but a rule change promulgated by his colleagues will likely keep that from happening.

The Volokh Conspiracy » A Matter of Principle — Or Whining? 2005

Desiderius: Being nominated, by his President, and confirmed, by the elected representatives of his people, to his Supreme Court Justiceship?

The Volokh Conspiracy » Timothy McVeigh Was No Libertarian: The Fallacy of Conflating Two Very Different Types of “Anti-Government” Movements 2010

Being nominated, by his President, and confirmed, by the elected representatives of his people, to his Supreme Court Justiceship?

The Volokh Conspiracy » Timothy McVeigh Was No Libertarian: The Fallacy of Conflating Two Very Different Types of “Anti-Government” Movements 2010

Johnson, University of South Carolina, author of The Chief Justiceship of John Marshall 1801-1835 1997, has posted an interesting paper on the historiography on Marshall, John Marshall and His Supreme Court: From Adulation to Evaluation, 1901-2001.

Johnson on John Marshall and His Supreme Court: From Adulation to Evaluation Mary L. Dudziak 2008

Johnson, University of South Carolina, author of The Chief Justiceship of John Marshall 1801-1835 1997, has posted an interesting paper on the historiography on Marshall, John Marshall and His Supreme Court: From Adulation to Evaluation, 1901-2001.

Archive 2008-08-01 Dan Ernst 2008

First, the holder of a high judicial office is taking his colleagues to court over a relatively minor slight: The Chief Justiceship carries some extra power, chiefly the power to assign opinions to other Justices, some administerial duties, some extra pay, and some prestige, but no extravote.

The Volokh Conspiracy » A Matter of Principle — Or Whining? 2005

"The interesting thing is that he didn't decline the Chief Justiceship considering that all this information would be revealed, eventually, because of FOIA, to everyone."

"Rehnquist expressed 'bizarre ideas and outrageous thoughts. He imagined, for example, that there was a CIA plot against him.'" Ann Althouse 2007

The interesting thing is that he didn't decline the Chief Justiceship considering that all this information would be revealed, eventually, because of FOIA, to everyone.

"Rehnquist expressed 'bizarre ideas and outrageous thoughts. He imagined, for example, that there was a CIA plot against him.'" Ann Althouse 2007

But those of us who know how the lustre of his great Chief Justiceship came to be eclipsed by Dred Scott cannot help believing that he had that case -- its already apparent consequences for the Court, and its soon to be played out consequences for the Nation -- burning on his mind.

IsThatLegal? 2004

There comes vividly to mind a portrait by Emanuel Leutze that hangs in the Harvard Law School: Roger Brooke Taney, painted in 1859, the 82d year of his life, the 24th of his Chief Justiceship, the second after his opinion in Dred Scott.

IsThatLegal? 2004