Government,
Constitutional Law
Jun. 11, 2005
From Hollywood to High Court: The Ten Commandments Take A Detour
"Our system of democracy depends on judges being supported in the exercise of their constitutional obligation to protect the basic rights of individuals and decide cases fairly," Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Sandra Thompson was quoted as saying in the April 13 New York Times. That is why the recent attacks on the judiciary - physical, as in Chicago and Atlanta, and philosophical, as with the tragic Terri Schiavo case - are heinous and reprehensible.
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Diane L. Karpman
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Diane is a legal ethics expert (expert witness and State Bar defense), she is a certified specialist in legal malpractice.
"Our system of democracy depends on judges being supported in the exercise of their constitutional obligation to protect the basic rights of individuals and decide cases fairly," Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Sandra Thompson was quoted as saying in the April 13 New York Times. That is why the recent attacks on the judiciary - physical, as in Chicago and Atlanta, and philosophical, as with the tragic Terri Schiavo case - are heinous and reprehensible. More appalling is that some of these...
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