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Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judicial Security and Independence

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Senate Judiciary Committee, Full Committee, “Judicial Security and Independence“, February 14, 2007

  • Testimony from Supreme Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy

    • : “Judicial independence is not conferred so judges can do as they please. Judicial independence is conferred so judges can do as they must. A judiciary with permanent tenure, with a sufficient degree of separation from other branches of government, and with the undoubted obligation to resist improper influence is essential to the Rule of Law as we have come to understand that term….For the judiciary to maintain its high level of expertise and qualifications, Congress needs to restore judicial pay to its historic position vis-à-vis average wages and the wages of the professional and academic community.”

  • Testimony of The Honorable D. Brock Hornby, Judge, United States District Court, on the views of the Judicial Conference of the United States on S. 378, the “Court Security Improvement Act of 2007”…”When enacted, this bill will contribute significantly to the security of federal judges and their families.”

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