Emory Law Insights

Emory Law Insights is published for law school faculty, judges, and members of the bar.

Spring 2021 Insights

Here we present two issues with long and sometimes difficult histories—the process of selecting federal judges for lifetime appointments, and what constitutes a human right.

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Filibuster Change and Judicial Appointments

Research by Professors Jonathan Nash and Joanna Shepherd reveals that the elimination of the filibuster allows the president to appoint more ideologically extreme judges and also has a polarizing effect on sitting federal district judges, especially those with a greater chance of promotion to the courts of appeals.

The Morality of Human Rights

How do we define human rights? Professor Michael Perry says despite a growing focus on human rights since World War II, we still struggle to define what they are.