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Adjudication According To Codes Of Judicial Conduct, Jennifer Gerarda Brown
Adjudication According To Codes Of Judicial Conduct, Jennifer Gerarda Brown
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
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Adjudication According To Codes Of Judicial Conduct, Jennifer Gerarda Brown
Adjudication According To Codes Of Judicial Conduct, Jennifer Gerarda Brown
American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
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The Ethical Foundations Of American Judicial Independence, Vincent R. Johnson
The Ethical Foundations Of American Judicial Independence, Vincent R. Johnson
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Most lawyers and many citizens could recall the federal constitutional basis for judicial independence. Article III of the United States Constitution mandates that positions be filled through appointment by the President and confirmation by the Senate. That formidable selection process almost invariably ensures that federal judges are intelligent, well educated, and professionally experienced. Those qualities are conducive to judicial independence.
Additionally, federal judges enjoy the following constitutional guarantees: life tenure during good behavior, non-reducible compensation, and removal only through impeachment. These protections free federal judges from the need to behave in politically advantageous ways in order to keep their positions. …