Figuratively Speaking
Percentage of Clinton-appointed judges who are
men:
68.8
Percentage who are women:
31.2
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"Reason is the life of the law, nay, the common law
itself is nothing but reason."
--Sir Edward Coke
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Percentage who are white:
72.3
Percentage who are African-American:
18.8
Percentage who are Hispanic:
6.9
Percentage who are Asian-American:
1.5
Percentage who are American Indian:
0.5
Source: US News & World Report, Vol. 122,
No. 10, March 17, 1997
Percentage of American teenagers who support the death
penalty:
81
Percentage of American adults who support the death
penalty:
75
Percentage of teens who feel that teenage offenders should be
punished as adults:
83
Percentage of adults who believe that teenage offenders
should be punished as adults:
70
Source: Iowa Law Review, Vol. 82, No. 5, August
1997
Number of civil cases that were filed in American federal
district courts in 1966:
71,000
Number of civil cases that were filed in American federal
district courts in 1996:
269,000
Source: Alabama Law Review, Vol. 49, No. 1, Fall
1997
Number of U.S. states that notify communities of the
presence, name, and address of convicted sex offenders:
43
Source: American Criminal Law Review, Vol. 35,
No. 2, Winter 1998
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