A few weeks ago, I complained about the South Carolina appellate courts issuing uncitable, unpublished opinions from cases that were not decided in a summary fashion. The business day after I posted this blog, the South Carolina Supreme Court reversed an unpublished Court of Appeals opinion: Eldridge vs SC Department of Transportation. This really should not [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Unpublished Opinions’
The problematic jurisprudence of uncitable appellate opinions in the internet era
Why should appellate courts be able to overrule or alter the decisions of lower courts? Why should they have the authority to make important and often far-reaching decisions on matters of public policy–that can only be prospectively modified and can only be modified by legislative change or, when constitutional issues are involved, by amending the [...]
The sexless marriage
Last week the New York Times ran a blog titled When Sex Leaves the Marriage. Practice family law for over fifteen years and you’ll witness first-hand how most marriages that fail break down over children, money or sex. Thus, I spend a great deal of time thinking about how sex should impact divorce issues. In [...]