O'Connor: Attacks on judges 'appalling'

 

Published: June 1, 2007

TULSA (AP) - Recent attacks on "activist judges" by legislative bodies could be putting the concept of an independent judiciary at risk, retired Associate Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor said Friday.

"These are appalling times," O'Connor told a crowd of 700 during a moderated discussion about her career at the University of Tulsa . "There is so much rancor and dislike going on."

O'Connor asked the ...


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