http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/why-supreme-court-justices-should-ride-circuit-again/ The Supreme Court of the United States blog Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:56:34 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/why-supreme-court-justices-should-ride-circuit-again/comment-page-1/#comment-11238 David Stras Wed, 23 May 2007 18:18:06 +0000 http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/uncategorized/why-supreme-court-justices-should-ride-circuit-again/#comment-11238 Phillip: I actually relay that anecdote as well as a number of others in the article. One particularly interesting story is that Justice Stephen Field was almost assassinated by a litigant (and former colleague) while riding circuit in the west. He was saved by a deputy United States Marshal, who was later held for murder. The Supreme Court eventually that the deputy U.S. Marshal has an immunity defense to the prosecution. Phillip: I actually relay that anecdote as well as a number of others in the article. One particularly interesting story is that Justice Stephen Field was almost assassinated by a litigant (and former colleague) while riding circuit in the west. He was saved by a deputy United States Marshal, who was later held for murder. The Supreme Court eventually that the deputy U.S. Marshal has an immunity defense to the prosecution.

]]> http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/why-supreme-court-justices-should-ride-circuit-again/comment-page-1/#comment-11237 Phillip Edens Wed, 23 May 2007 15:59:48 +0000 http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/uncategorized/why-supreme-court-justices-should-ride-circuit-again/#comment-11237 I remember watching a video of a lecture Chief Justice Roberts gave off of C-SPAN's website where he told a story about the late Chief Justice Rehnquist one summer assigning himself as a judge in a district court, but the 4th Circuit reversed his decision when it was appealed. I remember watching a video of a lecture Chief Justice Roberts gave off of C-SPAN’s website where he told a story about the late Chief Justice Rehnquist one summer assigning himself as a judge in a district court, but the 4th Circuit reversed his decision when it was appealed.

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