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• Legally Speaking: The fine art of the benchslap

  By John G. Browning | Monday, Nov 28, 2011 @ 7:28am

  Lawyers frequently compare notes about judges, particularly those with a reputation for being tough or demanding. Federal judges especially tend to be the focus of such speculation, perhaps because they are appointed for life or because of what some lawyers perceive to be a superiority complex.

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