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Admiring Judge Richard Sullivan (UPDATED)

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The Wall Street Journal Law Blog has a post criticizing Judge Richard Sullivan: "To Lawyers Who Represent Cooperators: Fear Judge Richard Sullivan." The Journal blogger seems upset that a judge actually takes seriously the judicial function.The United States Constitution was founded up on separation of powers. No one branch of government should become too powerful. "No political truth is certainly of greater intrinsic value or is stamped with the authority of more enlightened patrons of liberty." The Federalist No. 47, p. 324 (J. Cooke ed. 1961). As a member of the Judicial Branch, Judge Sullivan has the power to veto plea agreements. Separation of powers, "does not mean that these departments ought to have no partial agency in, or no controul over the acts of each other...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on August 21, 2009 (boomark / email).

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