Judge Lee H. Rosenthal
Volume 77, Special Issue, 11-16
I love proceduralists. I wasn’t sure why I found them such interesting and admirable people until I asked Professor Richard Marcus why he had chosen civil procedure as his life’s work. His answer was quick and short. “I somehow became enamored of civil procedure because it aspired to neutrality.” On closer questioning, Rick acknowledged that neutrality in an adversary system in which the stakes are often high is . . . well, aspirational. But he ardently defends the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the rulemaking process because they are so determined to be neutral.