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Thursday, September 28, 2006
O'Connor, Breyer call for end to attacks on judiciary
From CNN's Bill Mears
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Backed by four of her former colleagues on the Supreme Court, retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor sounded a deep warning on "criticism we're hearing today about so-called 'activist judges,'" calling them direct political attacks on judicial independence. Speaking at a two-day conference she is co-sponsoring with Justice Stephen Breyer, O'Connor told fellow attorneys the rule of law is undermined when judges are threatened with impeachment, legislative oversight, and loss of independence by lawmakers angry with court rulings. "The breadth of unhappiness expressed about the courts," said O'Connor, "shows a level perhaps greater than in the past, a cause of great concern." |
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