Administrative Law Judges in worker compensation boards, for example, hear cases involving employees injured on the job. Denials of social security, health, or welfare benefits are also commonly heard by the agencies that administer these programs.
At the state and local level, judges may be appointed or elected to specific terms of office. Elected or appointed, judges at every level must be seen as impartial arbiters of the law, not as partisan politicians. For example, they must remove, or"recuse" themselves from cases in which they have an interest or personal connection.
The Court System: Judges Federal judges, whether in district courts or the nine-member U.S. Supreme Court, are nominated by the President and subject to approval by a two-thirds vote of the Senate.
Elected or appointed, judges at every level must be seen as impartial arbiters of the law, not as partisan politicians. For example, they must remove, or"recuse" themselves from cases in which they have an interest or personal connection.
To perform their gatekeeping roles, judges must possess sufficient, scientifically sound knowledge and achieve proficiency in the fields of science and technology by collaborating with well-qualified experts in the scientific community. The NAS report recommends experts in the forensic science community educate the judges ...
The Judicial Division of the American Bar Association (hereinafter Judicial Division/ABA) is leading the way in educating judges and lawyers in the fields of science and technology to improve the administration of justice.
Scientists have offered their help. We in the legal community should accept that offer.” 3. Lawyers also must be educated in the field of science so they may prepare and present the appropriate motions for judges to admit or exclude science and technology. Judges and lawyers are expected to possess the necessary education ...