An indispensable operating principle of any viable democracy is that the judicial branch of government function free from interference by the executive or the legislature. The other hallmarks of democracy—regular elections, freedom of speech and press, written laws and administrative procedures, etc.—are all hobbled, if not nullified, if judges and other judicial system officers are subject to coercion, whether direct or… return to article
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Reader Comments (1)Page 1 of 1 pagesGlad to see Gonzalez go but this is the LEAST of his crimes. ALL US
atty appts are political. So what ?
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