No: lawyers always want to know what a judge is thinking
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Comments made by US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia at a public speaking engagement did no harm to litigants in upcoming right to die cases and will not compromise public perceptions about the Court's legitimacy. Attorneys about to try cases or argue appeals always want to know as much as possible about the predispositions of judges hearing their cases, and Scalia has provided right to die advocates with information they could have assumed. The public is more interested in the substance of constitutional debates than in issues of judicial propriety.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1997
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On independence, once and for all: future of the justice system depends on defense of federal judges
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The attacks on federal judges are unwarranted and destructive. The congressional threats to impeachment of judges based on disagreements with their decisions is similarly misguided, as are proposals to replace judges' lifetime appointments with renewable limited terms. This latter plan would erode confidence in the entire system and compromise judicial independence..
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1997
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