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U.S. Supreme Court,
Letters,
Judges and Judiciary

Oct. 19, 2021

Judges going on record and the spirit of the Rule of Law

I would like to thank Dean Erwin Chemerinsky of UC Berkeley School of law for his Oct. 12 column, “There is no such thing as value-neutral judging,” about ideology reflected in U.S. Supreme Court decisions.

James P. McBride

1290 B St, Ste 318
Hayward , CA 94541-2967

Email: jimmcbridelaw@gmail.com

James is an attorney in Hayward.

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I would like to thank Dean Erwin Chemerinsky of UC Berkeley School of law for his Oct. 12 column, "There is no such thing as value-neutral judging," about ideology reflected in U.S. Supreme Court decisions. Years ago, Vincent Hallinan made the same point: "It is a naive attorney who thinks his cases are decided on the merits."

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