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The Sotomayor Debate: Why Conservatives Are Scared Of Judges

By Brian Tannebaum, Esq.

Conservatives don't trust judges.This is why we have sentencing guidelines, minimum mandatories, reporting requirements on sentences, and the phrase that everyone likes to say, and no one understands: "legislating from the bench."About 4 years ago, when this blog was in its infancy, I wrote about "legislating from the bench."I said this: "Government hates our judges in America. They don't trust them, and they blame them for the state of, well, everything. The problem is, governments define a bad judge as "one who does not rule they way they are supposed to rule."The reason for this hatred is mainly because government doesn't understand nor respect the role on an independent judiciary, which has been significantly diminished in the last 20 years due to Congress believing they need to take hold of our court system...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on May 27, 2009 (boomark / email).