Tag Archives: Richard Kopf

More On Judicial Transparency

Posted on July 26, 2014 by The Legal Reformer

We’ve written a number of times about the benefits of judicial transparency.  In an interview published in the July 2014 issue of the ABA Journal, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner weighs in.  Judge … Continue reading →

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STFU? Does Judicial Blogging Harm The Legal System?

Posted on July 10, 2014 by The Legal Reformer

Senior U.S. District Court Judge Richard Kopf and author of the blog, Hercules and the Umpire, recently made national headlines for his post titled, Remembering Alexander Bickel’s passive virtues and the Hobby Lobby cases.  In the post, Judge Kopf addressed the political … Continue reading →

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The End Of An Era?

Posted on January 7, 2014 by The Legal Reformer

We returned to the office from holiday Monday morning only to learn that Senior U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf is leaving the blogosphere.  Judge Kopf’s blog, Hercules and the Umpire, may only have been active for less than a year, but it is filled with judicial … Continue reading →

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