Category Archives: Knowing Your End User
A Judge’s Perspective on Pro Se Litigants, by Helen Gunnarsson
This short article presents a judge’s difficulties in balancing the pro se litigant’s interest in effective self-representation against the public’s interest in procedural consistency and fairness. While the pro se litigant deserves an opportunity to present their claim, formal and … Continue reading
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Subordination, Rhetorical Survival Skills, and Sunday Shoes: Notes on the Hearing of Mrs. G., by Lucie White
Lucie White contends that Goldberg v Kelly suggests “the Nation’s basic commitment” to provide “procedural justice” to all individuals within its borders. Equal and just treatment under our justice system requires of us an ongoing pursuit of “procedural justice,” which … Continue reading
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Goldberg v. Kelly
This 1970 SCOTUS ruling held that the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment requires an evidentiary hearing before a recipient of certain government benefits can be deprived of such benefits. While an individual is not always entitled to a … Continue reading
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