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Letters,
Judges and Judiciary

Jul. 12, 2005

Bush's Picks Will Certainly Behave Predictably

In his commentary, "First Things First: Democarcy Depends On Independent Judiciary" (May 31 Daily Journal), Justice Arthur Gilbert overlooks the single most disturbing aspect of the right wing's current assault on the tradition of judicial independence.

Jeffrey H. Friedman

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In his commentary, "First Things First: Democarcy Depends On Independent Judiciary" (May 31 Daily Journal), Justice Arthur Gilbert overlooks the single most disturbing aspect of the right wing's current assault on the tradition of judicial independence.

Gilbert essentially wrote that, no matter how much inquiry is made by staff and advisers, no executive can ever be sure how a judicial appointee will rule in a given ca...

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