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Professor Emeritus Bert Kritzer was quoted on CBS News and the Associated Press about a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice who is facing potential impeachment by Republican colleagues about alleged comments she…

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In a MinnPost article concerning potential Republican opposition in 2024 to Karl Procaccini who was appointed to fill the associate justice position on the Minnesota Supreme Court created by the…

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Professor Emeritus Bert Kritzer was quoted by Prime News Print on how the Iowa Supreme Court reversed its decision that the state constitution included a right to abortion. Professor Kritzer commented, "…

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Since in the late 1980s voters' choices in state supreme court races have aligned every more consistently with their political preferences in county elections, the University of Minnesota political scientist…

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Professor Herbert Kritzer was extensively quoted in a Duluth News Tribune article focused on the lack of competition in the 2022 Minnesota judicial elections. Across all three court levels, only one…

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“Insurers that opted into the class action and litigation funders that purchased insurer claims are sophisticated businesses. Arguably, they don’t need the same kind of protection from large fees that…

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Professor Herbert Kritzer was quoted in a Reuters article that appeared in the New York Times concerning the receipt of substantial loans from the federal Paycheck Protection Program by some of the largest…

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Professor Herbert Kritzer was listed by Brian Leiter as one of the top 15 most cited law and social science faculty (excluding economics) in the U.S. for the period 2013 to 2017. He ranked 12th on Leiter’s list…

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Professor Herbert Kritzer was quoted in the Wisconsin State Journal regarding Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Michael Screnock’s work while in legal practice on behalf of a defendant in an…

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Professor Herbert Kritzer was interviewed about the forthcoming Wisconsin Supreme Court election in an article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Professor Kritzer said that he does not think that one…

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Professor Herbert Kritzer was quoted in an article about coming oral argument at the Minnesota Supreme Court in the Legislature’s lawsuit challenging Governor Dayton’s line item veto of funding for the operation…

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Law360 has summarized a study by Professor Herbert Kritzer and two collaborators that was recently posted on SSRN. The study shows that decisional patterns by federal district judges have becoming increasingly…