[Mb-civic] A Way to End Bitter Fights Over Justices

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A Way to End Bitter Fights Over Justices 
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By Doug Bandow
Doug Bandow is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute.

March 2 2005

An activist judiciary has joined the legislative and executive branches in making public policy. The influence of judges has been magnified by their relative immunity from political pressure. Although the courts sometimes follow the election returns, in many cases, such as abortion, judicial decisions have short- circuited normal political discourse. 

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