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Letters

May 12, 2025

Free speech shouldn't be a weapon against judicial independence

Judge LaDoris Cordell's complaint to the state bar challenges DA Brooke Jenkins' pattern of publicly attacking judges for lawful rulings she dislikes--an issue of judicial integrity, not free speech.

Brett R. Alldredge

Judge (ret.)

Arizona State University College of Law, 1979

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Free speech shouldn't be a weapon against judicial independence
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I fear that your recent article ("SF DA calls former judge's bar complaint attempt to curtail free speech") either unintentionally misguides your readers away from the point of retired Judge LaDoris Cordell's reported State Bar complaint or intentionally attempts to cast San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins' responsive social media campaign as the latest episode in some sort of ongoing quarrel.

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