Public marks with tag supreme Public marks with tag supreme http://blogmarks.net/marks/tag/supreme Jersey same-sex ruling may energize conservatives http://www.townhall.com/columnists/StarParker/2006/10/30/jersey_same-sex_ruling_may_energize_conservatives Republican prospects in November's elections are decidedly brighter today as result of the ruling by the New Jersey Supreme Court on same-sex marriage. The court ruled that same sex partners must be granted the same rights and benefits afforded opposite-sex couples under New Jersey's civil marriage statues, but deferred to the state legislature the decision on whether the same sex arrangement should be called marriage. So the court essentially said that same sex partnership walks like a duck, looks like a duck and should be granted all the rights and benefits of a duck, but concluded it didn't have the authority to call it a duck. 2006-10-30T13:49:46Z jasontromm new, court, supreme, state, call, marriage

Jersey same-sex ruling may energize conservatives

by jasontromm

Republican prospects in November's elections are decidedly brighter today as result of the ruling by the New Jersey Supreme Court on same-sex marriage. The court ruled that same sex partners must be granted the same rights and benefits afforded opposite-sex couples under New Jersey's civil marriage statues, but deferred to the state legislature the decision on whether the same sex arrangement should be called marriage. So the court essentially said that same sex partnership walks like a duck, looks like a duck and should be granted all the rights and benefits of a duck, but concluded it didn't have the authority to call it a duck.

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]]> Lawyers in Murder Appeal Use Cigarette-Break Defense http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/09/us/09ohio.html?ex=1312776000&en=c9cac57c5e1ad63d&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss Lawyers for a man convicted of beating a former girlfriend to death with a lead pipe argued before the Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday that their client should be spared the death penalty, partly because jurors were not allowed to smoke while deliberating. ()() Talk about a broken judicial system. This should be titled "Defense Lawyers Gone Wild!" 2006-08-09T15:56:04Z jasontromm death, supreme, court, new

Lawyers in Murder Appeal Use Cigarette-Break Defense

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Lawyers for a man convicted of beating a former girlfriend to death with a lead pipe argued before the Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday that their client should be spared the death penalty, partly because jurors were not allowed to smoke while deliberating. ()() Talk about a broken judicial system. This should be titled "Defense Lawyers Gone Wild!"

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]]> The Myth of Mass Back-Alley Abortion Deaths http://www.vanderbilt.edu/sfl/illeg.htm Dr. Bernard Nathanson, co-founder of the National Abortion Rights Action League, admits his group lied about the number of women who died from legal abortions when testifying before the Supreme Court in 1972. "We spoke of 5,000 - 10,000 deaths a year ... I confess that I knew the figures were totally false ... it was a useful figure, widely accepted, so why go out of our way to correct it with honest statistics?" 2006-08-07T16:58:15Z jasontromm abortion, court, supreme, women, legal

The Myth of Mass Back-Alley Abortion Deaths

by jasontromm

Dr. Bernard Nathanson, co-founder of the National Abortion Rights Action League, admits his group lied about the number of women who died from legal abortions when testifying before the Supreme Court in 1972. "We spoke of 5,000 - 10,000 deaths a year ... I confess that I knew the figures were totally false ... it was a useful figure, widely accepted, so why go out of our way to correct it with honest statistics?"

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]]> N.H. Town Votes on Justice Souter's House http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/story.asp?section=Breaking&storyId=1173039&tw=wn_wire_story In a largely symbolic gesture, voters in Supreme Court Justice David Souter's hometown weighed in Tuesday on a proposal to seize his 200-year-old farmhouse as payback for a ruling that expanded government's authority to take property. 2006-03-14T19:14:11Z jasontromm court, justice, news, domain, supreme, eminent

N.H. Town Votes on Justice Souter's House

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In a largely symbolic gesture, voters in Supreme Court Justice David Souter's hometown weighed in Tuesday on a proposal to seize his 200-year-old farmhouse as payback for a ruling that expanded government's authority to take property.

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]]> Planned Parenthood Condemns Abortion Ban, Undecided on Legal Challenge http://www.lifenews.com/state1471.html They may opt to use a statewide referendum to repeal the law, denying those who supported the ban the opportunity to take it all to the way to the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade. Should Planned Parenthood lost the ballot vote, it could still file a lawsuit against the ban. ()() I'm pretty sure they would have trouble even getting a referendum on the ballot. Who's going to sign a petitition in favor of killing babies? 2006-03-07T14:38:11Z jasontromm court, law, legal, lost, vote, lawsuit, supreme, abortion, planned, parenthood

Planned Parenthood Condemns Abortion Ban, Undecided on Legal Challenge

by jasontromm

They may opt to use a statewide referendum to repeal the law, denying those who supported the ban the opportunity to take it all to the way to the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade. Should Planned Parenthood lost the ballot vote, it could still file a lawsuit against the ban. ()() I'm pretty sure they would have trouble even getting a referendum on the ballot. Who's going to sign a petitition in favor of killing babies?

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]]> Court upholds campus military recruiting law http://stoptheaclu.com/archives/2006/03/06/court-upholds-campus-military-recruiting-law/ Back in December the ACLU filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the Supreme Court to rule that it is unconstitutional for Congress to force law schools that object to discrimination against gay people to give the military access to their recruitment programs. 2006-03-06T15:47:58Z jasontromm blog, court, law, military, aclu, supreme, stop

Court upholds campus military recruiting law

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Back in December the ACLU filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the Supreme Court to rule that it is unconstitutional for Congress to force law schools that object to discrimination against gay people to give the military access to their recruitment programs.

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]]> Supreme Court Upholds College Military Recruiting Law http://www.nysun.com/article/28625 The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that colleges that accept federal money must allow military recruiters on campus, despite university objections to the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays. 2006-03-06T15:47:18Z jasontromm court, news, money, law, military, new, supreme

Supreme Court Upholds College Military Recruiting Law

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The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that colleges that accept federal money must allow military recruiters on campus, despite university objections to the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays.

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]]> Ohio Court Allows Parents' Lawsuits http://tinyurl.com/rxytn Parents are allowed to sue a doctor if a genetic screening misses a severe or fatal condition that would have caused them to seek an abortion, a divided state Supreme Court ruled Friday. The 4-3 decision limited such lawsuits to costs associated with a pregnancy and the birth of the child, saying such parents could not sue for pain-and-suffering damages or repayment of the costs of raising a disabled child. 2006-03-03T17:09:32Z jasontromm court, birth, world, state, supreme, abortion

Ohio Court Allows Parents' Lawsuits

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Parents are allowed to sue a doctor if a genetic screening misses a severe or fatal condition that would have caused them to seek an abortion, a divided state Supreme Court ruled Friday. The 4-3 decision limited such lawsuits to costs associated with a pregnancy and the birth of the child, saying such parents could not sue for pain-and-suffering damages or repayment of the costs of raising a disabled child.

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]]> Mo. Court Upholds 24-Hour Abortion Wait http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5655001,00.html The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld the state's 24-hour waiting period for abortions, a decision that turns the focus of the legal battle to federal court. The unanimous ruling Tuesday by Missouri's highest court focused on whether the 2003 law ran contrary to the state constitution. The judges rejected arguments that it was overly vague and deprived people of liberty and privacy rights. 2006-03-01T18:46:34Z jasontromm privacy, court, law, legal, world, state, liberty, supreme, abortion

Mo. Court Upholds 24-Hour Abortion Wait

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The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld the state's 24-hour waiting period for abortions, a decision that turns the focus of the legal battle to federal court. The unanimous ruling Tuesday by Missouri's highest court focused on whether the 2003 law ran contrary to the state constitution. The judges rejected arguments that it was overly vague and deprived people of liberty and privacy rights.

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]]> Is the Supreme Court Really Supreme? http://www.pfm.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=BreakPoint1&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=17997&zbrandid=420&zidType=CH&zid=537442&zsubscriberId=93115863 One hundred fifty years ago, a Constitutional crisis took place similar to one that we have been threatened with over Roe v. Wade -- one in which no moral consensus could be achieved between the three branches of government. The first constitutional crisis was over the hot-button issue of that day: slavery. The Supreme Court declared an act of Congress unconstitutional, and the president, Abraham Lincoln -- to his everlasting credit -- refused to recognize the Court’s decision. 2006-02-13T13:49:52Z jasontromm court, president, supreme

Is the Supreme Court Really Supreme?

by jasontromm

One hundred fifty years ago, a Constitutional crisis took place similar to one that we have been threatened with over Roe v. Wade -- one in which no moral consensus could be achieved between the three branches of government. The first constitutional crisis was over the hot-button issue of that day: slavery. The Supreme Court declared an act of Congress unconstitutional, and the president, Abraham Lincoln -- to his everlasting credit -- refused to recognize the Court’s decision.

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]]> Bogus rights http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/walterwilliams/2006/02/08/185444.html Do people have a right to medical treatment whether or not they can pay? What about a right to food or decent housing? Would a U.S. Supreme Court justice hold that these are rights just like those enumerated in our Bill of Rights? In order to have any hope of coherently answering these questions, we have to decide what is a right. 2006-02-08T14:09:45Z jasontromm food, court, justice, supreme

Bogus rights

by jasontromm

Do people have a right to medical treatment whether or not they can pay? What about a right to food or decent housing? Would a U.S. Supreme Court justice hold that these are rights just like those enumerated in our Bill of Rights? In order to have any hope of coherently answering these questions, we have to decide what is a right.

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]]> U.S. Supreme Court depicts Muhammad http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48695 Protesters of cartoons insist Islam forbids any image of prophet Frieze depicts Muhammad among 18 "lawgivers" on wall above Supreme Court justices' bench While Muslims engaged in violent protests worldwide over caricatures of Muhammad have insisted any image of their prophet is considered blasphemous, a prominent frieze in the U.S. Supreme Court portrays the Islamic leader wielding a sword. 2006-02-07T15:39:20Z jasontromm research, reference, court, analysis, law, legal, religion, supreme

U.S. Supreme Court depicts Muhammad

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Protesters of cartoons insist Islam forbids any image of prophet Frieze depicts Muhammad among 18 "lawgivers" on wall above Supreme Court justices' bench While Muslims engaged in violent protests worldwide over caricatures of Muhammad have insisted any image of their prophet is considered blasphemous, a prominent frieze in the U.S. Supreme Court portrays the Islamic leader wielding a sword.

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]]> Federalizing Social Policy http://www.house.gov/paul/tst/tst2006/tst013006.htm Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided, but not because the Supreme Court presumed to legalize abortion rather than ban it. Roe was wrongly decided because abortion simply is not a constitutional issue. There is not a word in the text of that document, nor in any of its amendments, that conceivably addresses abortion. There is no serious argument based on the text of the Constitution itself that a federal "right to abortion" exists. The federalization of abortion law is based not on constitutional principles, but rather on a social and political construct created out of thin air by the Roe court. 2006-01-31T13:41:56Z jasontromm research, privacy, court, constitution, news, health, law, sexuality, supreme, abortion, supremecourt

Federalizing Social Policy

by jasontromm

Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided, but not because the Supreme Court presumed to legalize abortion rather than ban it. Roe was wrongly decided because abortion simply is not a constitutional issue. There is not a word in the text of that document, nor in any of its amendments, that conceivably addresses abortion. There is no serious argument based on the text of the Constitution itself that a federal "right to abortion" exists. The federalization of abortion law is based not on constitutional principles, but rather on a social and political construct created out of thin air by the Roe court.

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]]> New England Liberals Lead Charge Against Alito http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/1/30/105838.shtml?s=et Liberal Democrats waged an eleventh-hour attempt Monday to block Samuel Alito's Supreme Court confirmation, arguing that he would tilt the high court further to the right. 2006-01-31T13:32:01Z jasontromm research, reference, politics, court, law, legal, new, courts, democrats, supreme, abortion, alito, liberals

New England Liberals Lead Charge Against Alito

by jasontromm

Liberal Democrats waged an eleventh-hour attempt Monday to block Samuel Alito's Supreme Court confirmation, arguing that he would tilt the high court further to the right.

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]]> Sen. Obama Criticizes Filibuster Tactic - ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=1554449 Sen. Obama, Other Democrats Oppose Alito Nomination but Criticize Filibuster Tactic 2006-01-29T16:30:34Z zboog court, democrats, supreme, nomination, alito, Obama, filibuster, tactic, oppose, Senator

Sen. Obama Criticizes Filibuster Tactic - ABC News

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Sen. Obama, Other Democrats Oppose Alito Nomination but Criticize Filibuster Tactic

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]]> Kerry will try Alito filibuster - CNN.com - Jan 26, 2006 http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/26/alito/index.html Sen. John Kerry will attempt a filibuster to block the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. 2006-01-27T00:04:24Z zboog court, kerry, john, supreme, judge, nomination, alito, filibuster, Samuel

Kerry will try Alito filibuster - CNN.com - Jan 26, 2006

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Sen. John Kerry will attempt a filibuster to block the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court.

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]]> Fundraising Foolishness http://www.pfm.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=BreakPoint1&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=17827 This week, more than two months after President Bush nominated him, the Senate will finally vote on Judge Samuel Alito’s elevation to the Supreme Court. In a final, all-too-typical move, the vote was put off a week at the behest of Alito’s opponents. Why? Nobody seriously expects another week to make a difference. With a few exceptions, senators probably knew how they were going to vote before the hearings. So, why put off the vote? 2006-01-24T18:27:07Z jasontromm bush, president, vote, supreme, judge

Fundraising Foolishness

by jasontromm

This week, more than two months after President Bush nominated him, the Senate will finally vote on Judge Samuel Alito’s elevation to the Supreme Court. In a final, all-too-typical move, the vote was put off a week at the behest of Alito’s opponents. Why? Nobody seriously expects another week to make a difference. With a few exceptions, senators probably knew how they were going to vote before the hearings. So, why put off the vote?

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]]> Why the Democrats should filibuster Alito - Minnesota Daily http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2006/01/20/66751 Three reasons the Democrats should filibuster the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. 2006-01-24T17:07:41Z zboog court, democrats, supreme, nomination, alito, filibuster, Samuel

Why the Democrats should filibuster Alito - Minnesota Daily

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Three reasons the Democrats should filibuster the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court.

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]]> Supreme Court Upholds Parental Notification Law http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=\\Culture\\archive\\200601\\CUL20060118b.html The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a lower court was wrong to strike down New Hampshire's parental notification law. In a unanimous decision written by retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the justices let the abortion restriction stand. 2006-01-18T16:19:14Z jasontromm court, justice, new, day, supreme, abortion

Supreme Court Upholds Parental Notification Law

by jasontromm

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a lower court was wrong to strike down New Hampshire's parental notification law. In a unanimous decision written by retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the justices let the abortion restriction stand.

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]]> Judge Samuel J. Alito, Jr. Surely Will Be Confirmed http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/pweyrich/2006/pmw_01161.shtml He was going to be subjected to a filibuster. Now it appears that Supreme Court Justice Nominee Samuel J. Alito, Jr. will get an up-or-down vote. 2006-01-16T18:30:27Z jasontromm court, justice, supreme, judge, nominee, alito

Judge Samuel J. Alito, Jr. Surely Will Be Confirmed

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He was going to be subjected to a filibuster. Now it appears that Supreme Court Justice Nominee Samuel J. Alito, Jr. will get an up-or-down vote.

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]]> Judges Praise Alito in Character Testimonies http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,181407,00.html Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans on Thursday charged their Democratic colleagues with trying to smear Samuel Alito's reputation and character because they haven't been able to find anything legally wrong with confirming him to the Supreme Court. 2006-01-13T20:34:03Z jasontromm politics, republicans, supreme, alito

Judges Praise Alito in Character Testimonies

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Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans on Thursday charged their Democratic colleagues with trying to smear Samuel Alito's reputation and character because they haven't been able to find anything legally wrong with confirming him to the Supreme Court.

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]]> Kennedy questions Alito's integrity? http://patriotpost.us/pub/06-02_Digest.htm You heard it here first: Ted Kennedy, the Democrat Party mascot, is a tone-deaf alien from a distant galaxy. How else to explain his impudent inquisition into the integrity of our nation's next Supreme Court justice, the Honorable Samuel Alito? In Senate Judiciary Committee hearings this week, Kennedy actually asserted that the nominee's association with a conservative Princeton alumni group two decades ago should disqualify him from a seat on the High Court. 2006-01-13T18:30:48Z jasontromm court, justice, conservative, supreme

Kennedy questions Alito's integrity?

by jasontromm

You heard it here first: Ted Kennedy, the Democrat Party mascot, is a tone-deaf alien from a distant galaxy. How else to explain his impudent inquisition into the integrity of our nation's next Supreme Court justice, the Honorable Samuel Alito? In Senate Judiciary Committee hearings this week, Kennedy actually asserted that the nominee's association with a conservative Princeton alumni group two decades ago should disqualify him from a seat on the High Court.

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]]> Kennedy 'Exclusively' a Moonbat http://www.gopusa.com/theloft/?p=194 If there is one thing to be learned from the confirmation hearings for Judge Samuel Alito’s nomination to the Supreme Court, it’s that liberal Democrats will waste no opportunity to grandstand for their far left-wing even if that means being misleading with the facts, unprofessional with the questioning, and hypocritical with the insinuations. Case in point is liberal moonbat Ted Kennedy who blasted Judge Alito for being a member of an “exclusive” club of Princeton alumni without mentioning that he is a member of an “exclusive” all-male Harvard club. 2006-01-13T18:25:28Z jasontromm blog, court, democrats, supreme, judge, nomination, alito

Kennedy 'Exclusively' a Moonbat

by jasontromm

If there is one thing to be learned from the confirmation hearings for Judge Samuel Alito’s nomination to the Supreme Court, it’s that liberal Democrats will waste no opportunity to grandstand for their far left-wing even if that means being misleading with the facts, unprofessional with the questioning, and hypocritical with the insinuations. Case in point is liberal moonbat Ted Kennedy who blasted Judge Alito for being a member of an “exclusive” club of Princeton alumni without mentioning that he is a member of an “exclusive” all-male Harvard club.

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]]> UNC Should Pay Closer Attention to the First Amendment http://www.popecenter.org/clarion_call/?BMIDS=14474715-aa9350eb-99482 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson wrote in the landmark case of West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943) that “if there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein. If there are any circumstances which permit an exception, they do not now occur to us.” His words were a ringing affirmation of the freedoms of conscience and expression that are central to American liberty. 2006-01-12T14:31:42Z jasontromm education, politics, court, justice, opinion, religion, john, state, supreme, call

UNC Should Pay Closer Attention to the First Amendment

by jasontromm

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson wrote in the landmark case of West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943) that “if there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein. If there are any circumstances which permit an exception, they do not now occur to us.” His words were a ringing affirmation of the freedoms of conscience and expression that are central to American liberty.

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]]> Alito: No Person Is Above the Law http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,181052,00.html With abortion and executive privilege to be two huge issues facing Samuel Alito during his confirmation hearing this week, the Supreme Court nominee said Monday that a good judge always keeps an open mind and that no person is above the law. 2006-01-10T23:38:18Z jasontromm politics, court, open, supreme, abortion, judge, nominee, alito

Alito: No Person Is Above the Law

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With abortion and executive privilege to be two huge issues facing Samuel Alito during his confirmation hearing this week, the Supreme Court nominee said Monday that a good judge always keeps an open mind and that no person is above the law.

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