Posted on 06/02/2007 8:58:54 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Recent attacks on "activist judges" by legislative bodies could be putting the concept of an independent judiciary at risk, retired Associate Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor said Friday. "These are appalling times," O'Connor told a crowd of 700 during a moderated discussion about her career at the University of Tulsa. "There is so much rancor and dislike going on." O'Connor asked the crowd if it heard of the attacks on so-called "godless, secular humanist, activist judges," and cited cases in several states where people attempted to introduce ballot measures that would toss judges in jail for making the wrong decisions or shorten their terms on the bench... She said an independent judiciary enables judges to resolve cases fairly, "and let the chips fall where they may," even if the legislative branch isn't happy with the outcome... O'Connor also discussed her recent role as a member of the Iraq Study Group, a bipartisan commission that met to assess the current and prospective situation in Iraq and the surrounding region. The report called for a gradual troop pullout and more aggressive regional diplomacy.
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Once again, a Reagan error comes back to bite us.
It also allows judges to resolve cases unfairly and with extreme bias.
Justice Breyer: U. S. Constitution should be subordinated to international will
WorldNetDaily | July 7, 2003
Posted on 07/07/2003 10:00:07 AM EDT by mrobison
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/941589/posts
[snip] Breyer had held that a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that homosexuals had a fundamental right to privacy in their sexual behavior showed that the Supreme Court’s earlier decision to the contrary was unfounded in the Western tradition.
“We see all the time, Justice O’Connor and I, and the others, how the world really – it’s trite but it’s true – is growing together,” Breyer said. “Through commerce, through globalization, through the spread of democratic institutions, through immigration to America, it’s becoming more and more one world of many different kinds of people. And how they’re going to live together across the world will be the challenge, and whether our Constitution and how it fits into the governing documents of other nations, I think will be a challenge for the next generations.”
In the Lawrence v Texas case decided June 26, Justice Anthony Kennedy gave as a reason for overturning a Supreme Court ruling of 17 years earlier upholding sodomy laws that it was devoid of any reliance on the views of a “wider civilization.” [unsnip]
Justice O’Connor: U.S. must rely on foreign law
WND
Posted on 10/31/2003 12:32:28 PM EST by stop_fascism
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1012225/posts
O’Connor: Don’t call us ‘activist judges’(The Old Bag Speaks)
CNN | 10/27/2006 | Bill Mears
Posted on 10/27/2006 4:31:57 PM EDT by tobyhill
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1727180/posts
Justice O’Connor Blames Criticism of Judicial Activism-Not Activism-for Loss of Faith in System
Human Events | 4/5/7 | Chris Field
Posted on 04/05/2007 11:05:23 AM EDT by ZGuy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1812514/posts
2008 election sidebar:
5-4: The Genius of George W. Bush
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/04/19/143114.php | 4/19/07 | Rick Vassar
Posted on 04/19/2007 2:49:23 PM EDT by Rick Vassar
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1820159/posts
Don't you know - we shouldn't criticize judges.
I love you Alito.
-let every man remember that to violate the law, is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the character of his own, and his children's liberty
I’ll jump on the bandwagon.
You know, if Bush hadn’t sold us out to Amnesty and defended our borders, Sandy O’connor might not have happened!
I’ll jump on the bandwagon.
You know, if Bush hadn’t sold us out to Amnesty and defended our borders, Sandy O’connor might not have happened!
More Washington elitism. Burn the place down!!
No, O’Connor and her ilk are lucky they don’t get removed from office, as they should be, for touting “international law”. Screw international law. Abide by your oath. You swore to it.
Sandra baby,Jimmy Carter’s on the phone.He wants you to join his group of non-pertinent people who continue to give their stupid opinions whether anyone asks for it or not !!!
IRAN/US SUMMIT 2009...
When they do these things, and wipe out entire well established legal and constitutional doctrines, they should not only be criticized, but in repetitive and severe cases they should be promptly impeached and removed in a swift trial!!!
That too, at his best. They were smart to get rid of him unfortunately, because his numbers were in a year to year decline. I’d hate to meet him in the back alley, though. His arms are like tree trunks.
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