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Judge Raymond Kethledge: Show Us the Text. Where Does Federal Sixth Circuit Court Clerk, Alicia Harden, Derive the Power to Ignore FRAP 2?

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by Adrienne Rockenhaus TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE RAYMOND KETHLEDGE: Your Honor has built a distinguished judicial legacy on a single, powerful principle: The Text is the Law. You have written extensively against the “Administrative State” and the danger of allowing unelected bureaucrats to invent powers that Congress never gave them. In your landmark opinion in … Read more

From “Looks Like a Criminal” to “Wife’s Behavior”: Federal Judge Stephen J. Murphy III (E.D. Michigan) Hasn’t Learned a Thing

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by Adrienne Rockenhaus In United States v. Liggins (2023), the Sixth Circuit overturned Judge Stephen Murphy III’s ruling because he judged a Black man based on his appearance, stating on the record that the defendant “looks like a criminal to me.” In my husband’s case, the record proves Judge Murphy judged a disabled veteran based … Read more