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Discipline

May 23, 2006

Criticism Mounts That Judiciary Lacks Self Discipline

WASHINGTON - It's been 10 years since a California federal judge helped the judiciary brush off calls for an independent ethics watchdog.

By Lawrence Hurley
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      WASHINGTON - It's been 10 years since a California federal judge helped the judiciary brush off calls for an independent ethics watchdog.
      Now, thanks in part to criticism of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' handling of an ethics complaint against a Los Angeles jurist, momentum is again building in the Republican-led Congres...

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