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Article: Independence day: thinking seriously about judicial independence, and the state of our courts.(THE JUDICIARY)
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- National Review
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- May 23, 2005
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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO law professor Cass Sunstein thinks that we are entering a new and "worrisome" phase in the political struggles over the courts: The Right is mounting "a large-scale challenge to judicial independence." The editors of the Washington Post think that "the past few weeks have seen an aggressiveness in conservative attacks on the judiciary that cumulatively takes one's breath away" and warn that some Republicans are crossing "red lines beyond which legislators cannot go without threatening judicial independence." Al Gore says, "Through their words and threats, [some] Republicans are creating an atmosphere in which judges might well hesitate to exercise ...