Legal Commentary

Seeking Help From Magistrate Judges

By Orin Kerr

I posted a draft of my new forthcoming article earlier today, and it occurs to me that I should make a special request: I would particularly like to receive comments on the article from federal magistrate judges. The gist of the article is that magistrate judges don?t have the power to do something that a lot of magistrate judges think they have the power to do. Given that, I?d love to hear responses/reactions from judges, either off the record or on. I?ll probably try contacting some magistrate judges I know, but in the meantime I thought I might just flag it for readers who know, work with, or (in rare cases) are magistrate judges. Thanks.

Full post as published by The Volokh Conspiracy on March 16, 2010 (boomark / email).