Max Beall 15 March 2017

Volume 1, Issue 1
EDT 180A
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Most Courts
U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Second Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the

Distinguished
Third Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Seventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the

Judges on the
Ninth Circuit

Judges
The Honorable Maryanne

Federal Judiciary
Trump Barry (Third Circuit)
The Honorable Marsha S.
Berzon (Ninth Circuit)
The Honorable Guido Calabresi
(Second Circuit)
The role of the federal courts is often overlooked by the media. The The Honorable Pierre N. Leval
press and the American public mostly focus on the election season (Second Circuit)
and other political issues surrounding Congress and the President.
The Honorable Richard Posner
(Seventh Circuit)
People often forget about the power and responsibility that is
vested within the men and women who serve on the federal bench. The Honorable James L. Dennis
(Fifth Circuit)
In this newsletter, we will explore some of the most respected
judges on the federal judiciary along with the accomplishments
these great legal minds have made.

Therefore, let us explore the power and responsibility that has

been vested within these great intellects and appreciate fully their
contribution to the American system of government.

Maryanne Trump Barry

Maryanne Trump Barry is a distinguished and well-
respected Senior Judge on U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Third Circuit. She is most famous for being the
older sister of President Donald J. Trump.
Barry received her B.A. from Mount Holyoke College in
1958. In 1962, she received a M.A. from Columbia
University. Finally, she received a J.D. from Hofstra
University in 1974.
Judge Barry served as an Assistant United States
Attorney for the District of New Jersey before she was
appointed to the Federal District Court by President
Ronald Reagan.
In 1999, Barry was elevated to the Third Circuit by
President Bill Clinton. She served as a full time active
Maryanne Trump Barry
Federal Judge until she assumed Senior status in 2011.
Friends and colleagues have regarded her as a judge
who is strong and well-respected.
 Marsha S. Berzon
Marsha Siegel Berzon received a B.A. from Radcliffe College
and a J.D. from University of California Berkeley.
Berzon clerked for 9th Circuit Judge James R. Browning in 000.
She later became the first female law clerk to former Justice
William J. Brennan.
Berzon and her husband Stephen moved to San Francisco, CA
and started the law firm of A and Berzon, which is a union-
sided firm.
In 2000, Berzon was appointed to the 9th Circuit by President
Bill Clinton.
Since her appointment, Berzon has made several decisions
protecting free speech, freedom of religion, gay rights,
womens rights, and other decisions with important political
implications.
Berzon is famous for her concurrence in Latta v. Otter, which
struck down a gay marriage ban in Idaho. Berzon argued that
Let us explore the power and responsibility that has been
such bans discriminate on the basis on gender and cannot
vested within these great intellects
survive a heightened and appreciate
level of scrutiny underfully their
the 14th
contribution to the American
Amendment.system of government.

Federal Judgeships
Guido Calabresi
Federal Appellate Judges are
Guido Calabresi was born in Milan, Italy in the year of 1932. He
Article III judges who are
received a B.A. from Magdalen College, Oxford University, an LL.B
appointed by the President
and confirmed by the U.S.
from Yale Law School, and a M.A. in Politics from Oxford University.
Senate. A judge, as long as After receiving his law degree, Judge Calabresi clerked for former
he or she demonstrates good Justice Hugo Black of the Supreme Court. After his clerkship, Calabresi
behavior, serves in this became a professor at Yale Law school. He later served as the Dean.
position for life.
In 1994, President Bill Clinton appointed Calabresi to the U.S. Court of
A federal judge, depending on Appeals for the Second Circuit, and he assumed Senior status in 2009.
their age and the number of
Judge Calabresi has authored several books including The Future of
years they have served, may
Law and Economics. He is considered one of the founders of the law
take senior status and reduce
and economics movement. Judge Calabresi currently lives in New
their caseload.
Haven, CT and serves as a Senior Judge on the Second Circuit.
Senior Status gives federal
judges the ability to reduce
their caseload and work part-
time with a full salary.
However, many Senior Judges
still continue to work full-time
and hear cases on a regular
basis. Senior Judges typically
do not participate in an en
banc panel.

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If a three-judge panel makes
a decision that draws
skepticism, the case can be
reheard by all judges on a
particular court.
 Federal Appellate
Court Locations

First Circuit

Boston, Massachusetts

Second Circuit

New York, New York

Third Circuit

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Fourth Circuit

Richmond, Virginia

Fifth Circuit

New Orleans, Louisiana

Sixth Circuit

Cincinnati, Ohio

Seventh Circuit

Judge Pierre Leval Chicago, Illinois

Eighth Circuit

St. Louis, Missouri

Pierre N. Leval Ninth Circuit

Pierre Leval was born in 1936 in New York, NY. At Harvard, he San Francisco, California
received an A.B. in 1959 and a J.D. in 1963. Judge Leval served Pasadena, California
as a law clerk to one of the most distinguished federal judges
Seattle, Washington
in United States History; the Honorable Henry J. Friendly.
Portland, Oregon
After his clerkship with Judge Friendly, Leval became an
Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of Tenth Circuit
New York. He was later elevated to be the Districts Chief
Denver, Colorado
Appellate Attorney.
Eleventh Circuit
Leval left the U.S. Attorneys office and worked in the private
sector from 1969 to 1975. He later returned to the government Atlanta, Georgia
as an Assistant District Attorney for New York County, NY. D.C. Circuit
In 1977, Leval was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to be Washington D.C.
a federal judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern
District of New York. In 1993, Leval was nominated by Federal Circuit

President Bill Clinton and confirmed by the senate to be a Washington D.C.

judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Judge Leval is famous for being one of the great architects of
modern American Copyright law. In other words, Leval
introduced a brand new theory of fair use law in the Harvard
Law Review. This theory argued the use of mere facts cannot
be considered a copyright infringement. Only the authors
method of articulating such facts is protected under copyright
law.
Judge Leval demonstrated this theory in his decision that held
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Google Books does not violate U.S. copyright law.
 Richard Posner
William J. Brennan

A number of judges Richard Posner received his undergraduate degree from Yale
in this newsletter and a law degree from Harvard Law School. Posner then went
clerked for the late on to clerk for former Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan.
Justice William J. Posner was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Brennan. Justice Seventh Circuit by President Ronald Reagan. He is considered
to be the most cited legal scholar of the 21st Century.
Brennan was one of
Posner is famous for ruling in a case that struck down Illinoiss
the greatest legal
ban on concealed carry. Judge Posner and another colleague
giants to ever serve argued that the ban on concealed carry violated the Second
on the United States Amendment and the landmark case of DC v. Heller.
Supreme Court. He Posner currently resides in Chicago, Illinois and he has authored
was a stalwart a variety of different novels that have been contributed to the
law and economics movement.
defender of the Bill
of Rights and he
believed that the
federal courts were
obliged to protect
individual rights and
liberties from the
state police powers. James L. Dennis
James Dennis was born in 1936 in the small town of
Brennan made Monroe, Louisiana. Dennis received his undergraduate
several decisions degree from Louisiana Tech and a law degree from the
advancing civil Louisiana State University Law School. He later earned a
Master of Laws from the University of Virginia Law
rights, free speech,
School.
freedom of religion,
Dennis is one of the few judges who has served in the
equal rights for legislative branch of government. Before becoming a
women, and voting judge, Dennis served as a Democratic Representative in
rights. the Louisiana State legislature. Later, he served as a
justice on the Louisiana Supreme Court.
He was known for
In 1995, after being appointed by President Bill Clinton,
not only for being a Dennis became a federal judge on the U.S. Court of
great intellectual, Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Dennis has made numerous
but also a warm and decisions protecting civil liberties including a students
ability to exercise his free speech rights off campus
humble human without any interference from school officials.
being.
Recently, Judge Dennis received an Honorary degree
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Brennan was from LSU, which is his alma mater. He currently lives in
New Orleans, Louisiana and still works as an active judge
appointed by
on the 5th Circuit.
President
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