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fromAbove the Law
1 week ago

Federal Circuit Dissents Plummet After Pauline Newman's Ersatz Impeachment - Above the Law

Dissenting opinions reveal judicial disagreement and can vindicate alternative legal reasoning over time, as demonstrated by Judge Pauline Newman's dissents on the Federal Circuit being later affirmed by the Supreme Court.
Intellectual property law
fromPatently-O
1 week ago

Federal Circuit Dissent Rates Collapse After Newman's Departure

Judge Pauline Newman's removal from the Federal Circuit caused the court's dissent rate to plummet from 19% to 6%, transforming it into one of the most consensus-oriented appellate courts in the federal system.
fromABA Journal
7 months ago

Federal appeals judge, 98, plans to 'continue the battle' after panel recommends continued suspension

"I am concerned lest these travesties of procedure and law acquire precedential force, placing a cloud on any judge of divergent policy or politics or even a judge who writes dissents."
US politics
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