Justice Ginsberg gets shrill
Ruth Bader Ginsberg gets shrill:
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Tuesday that a Republican proposal in Congress to set up a watchdog over the federal courts is a "really scary idea."
Ginsburg told a gathering of the American Bar Association that lawyers should stick up for judges when they are criticized by congressional leaders.
"My sense now is that the judiciary is under assault in a way that I haven't seen before," she said.
As an example, she mentioned proposals by senior Republicans who want an inspector general to police judges' acceptance of free trips or their possible financial interests with groups that could appear before them.
"It sounds to me very much like the Soviet Union was .... That's a really scary idea," said Ginsburg, who was put on the court by President Clinton and is one of its liberal members.
posted by walldon | 9:33 AM
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On the one hand, I saw a story on judges getting paid junkets and so forth from firms and people who might end up in their courtrooms. The conflict of interest potential (no, reality) is no less high than for congressman.
On the other hand, it's Republicans who want to institute judicial lobbyist reform? Once one stops laughing, one gets very serious about not trusting the brownshirts to have any (more) influence over the judiciary. No wonder Ginsburg has a problem.
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