Looking back; reflections on a life well-spent

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Thurgood Marshall is interviewed and reminisces about legal issues which have come before the courts during his career. He feels that his years battling for civil rights started with discussions on the issue at Lincoln University. He was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1967 after an acrimonious confirmation battle with opposition by four senators from the South on the Judiciary Committee. As the Warren Court changed to the Burger and Rehnquist courts, he found himself dissenting more. He opposes the school of thought that tries to interpret the constitution by its original intent.

Judges, Interview, Marshall, Thurgood

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In political year, ABA policies are something to talk about

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The perception of the ABA as a political organization is rife despite its making no ccampaign contributions, campaign endorsements, and issuing no ratings of congressional members. Roberta Cooper Ramo, the 1995-96 ABA president, defended the organization at a May 1996 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. She stressed that the organization abstains from partisan politics and stated that a lack of agreement on what defined a matter as 'political' was the problem. Whether ABA policy positions influenced the evaluation of judicial nominees was also addressed.

United States, Political activity, Investigations, Political aspects, Judicial selection, A.B.A., United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary

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How judges view retrial of L.A. cops

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The Gallup Organization conducted a survey of 401 judges to ascertain their views of the federal trial of four Los Angeles policemen for violating Rodney King's civil rights as a double jeopardy violation. Some 62% felt the second trial did not amount to double jeopardy. A similar percentage felt that Rodney King's testimony was a factor in the second trial's guilty verdicts. The judges were also questioned about other issues such as the impact of the jury's racial makeup in the first trial.

Analysis, Police, Complaints (Civil procedure), Discrimination in criminal justice administration, Criminal justice discrimination, Double jeopardy, Police misconduct

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