This is about roving retired Supreme, Sandra. Interesting to lay this template against the actions of Greer right on up to the top.
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She speaks against judicial reforms driven by partisanship and against attacks on the judiciary made by politicians who disagree with decisions, such as in the Terri Schiavo case. O’Connor is right. Recent criticism has crossed the line from healthy debate to judge-bashing, and it threatens the fairness and impartiality of our courts. Politicians and special-interest groups issuing warnings to judges simply because they disagree with the judges’ decisions are the ones attempting to be the “dictators” they would assert “activist” judges to be. In a recent guest column, Gina Parker criticized O’Connor for speaking out against those who label as “activists” judges who make decisions with which they disagree. Such attacks on judges display a fundamental lack of understanding of the role of the judiciary. They ignore the fact that the federal judiciary is a central component in our nation’s system of checks and balances.
Susan Nelson, guest column: The independent judiciary
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