Judges and Judiciary
Jun. 1, 2005
First Things First: Democracy Depends on Independent Judiciary
"First thing we do, let's kill all the judges." That is what some politicians want to do to the judiciary. Proposed ways to dispatch the black-robed miscreants include: impeach them, abolish their office through legislation or simply treat them as a trauma center and withhold funding. The threats are anything but parochial. They affect not just the judicial branch, but all citizens.
2nd Appellate District, Division 6
Arthur Gilbert
Presiding Justice 2nd District Court of Appeal, Division 6
UC Berkeley School of Law, 1963
Arthur's previous columns are available on gilbertsubmits.blogspot.com.
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"First thing we do, let's kill all the judges."
That is what some politicians want to do to the judiciary. Proposed ways to dispatch the black-robed miscreants include: impeach them, abolish their office through legislation or simply treat them as a trauma center and withhold funding. The threats are anything but parochial. They affect not just the judicial branch, but all citizens.
These threats were ostensibl...
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