While reading Judge Posner’s Reflections on Judging, I found very interesting his discussion on the differences between the concepts of legal realism and legal formalism. Judge Posner describes legal formalism…

This week's blog post discusses both the positives and negatives of precedential value supporting unpublished opinions, the value of a dissenting opinion, and when courts decide not to issue an opinion…

While reading Judge Posner’s Reflections on Judging, I found very interesting his critique on the concept of textualism as well as his thought-provoking critique of Scalia’s reasoning behind some of…

This week’s blog post outlines the issue of judicial independence, as well as the never-ending ideological battle of judicial activism vs. judicial restraint. The political parties in our country know…

In the first post about my reflection regarding the article Judicial Overstating, written by Dan Simon and Nicholas Scurich, I touched base on the psychological reasoning judges potentially go through…

While reading the article Judicial Overstating, written by Dan Simon and Nicholas Scurich, I enjoyed the psychological analysis of judges regarding judicial overstatement. In general, judicial overstatement is when judges…

While substantive aspects of the law decide many cases, procedural aspects also commonly come under review. This blog post is a general procedural description outlining how a case transitions from its humble beginnings to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

An individual, group, corporation or government entity may bring a civil case, and the government may commence a criminal case, in the circuit court. This is where (more…)