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The New Lawyer Supplement

May 22, 2013

Commencement 2013: Former Iowa Supreme Court Associate Justice Michael Streit

University of San Diego School of Law May 18, 2013


University of San Diego School of Law


May 18, 2013


"Our Founding Fathers wisely created the government based on the rule of law, but the rule of law cannot exist without judicial independence. ... At the end of the day, the debate about controversial court decisions and judges who make them boils down to a simple question: What kind of court system do Americans want? A court system that issues rulings based upon public opinion polls...

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