Judges and Judiciary,
Government
May 15, 2018
Lawyers have a duty to inform voters
I worry that judicial independence is too abstract a value to resonate with most voters. That is why the burden falls on lawyers to explain why.
Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law
UC Berkeley School of Law
Erwin's most recent book is "Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism." He is also the author of "Closing the Courthouse," (Yale University Press 2017).
Lawyers in California must stand up for judicial independence and must do so loudly and emphatically. The June 5 primary in California could have a devastating effect on judicial independence in the state for years to come.
But I worry that judicial independence is too abstract a value to resonate with most voters. That is why the burden falls on lawyers to explain why removing a judge because of disagreement with a particular rulin...
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