jurists

The integrity of our system of justice and the judicial system is based on the trust that people place in the jurists that populate that branch, the third branch of government.

A fictionalized movie about the trial of 16 German jurists and lawyers who served the Nazis, it drove home the criticism of ends-oriented judging.

Both Democratic and Republican presidents have often criticised what they say are ideological jurists in federal district courts who have been able to singlehandedly block executive actions and even legislation passed by Congress.

Baroness Kennedy and her colleagues, all distinguished jurists, decided that there were reasonable grounds to go ahead with the warrants.

The Supreme Court justices, along with almost 900 other newly elected federal jurists, are scheduled to take office Sept. 1.