On Judicial Independence View PDF file Share Back to browse all issues Share Independence: why & from what? Author Linda Greenhouse Fair & independent courts Author Sandra Day O'Connor Will ignorance & partisan election of judges undermine public trust? Authors Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Bruce W. Hardy Judicial independence, judicial accountability & interbranch relations Author Stephen B. Burbank Interdependent federal judiciaries Author Judith Resnik Packages of judicial independence Author Vicki C. Jackson Threats to judicial independence, real & imagined Author Viet D. Dinh Congress & the court: restoring balance Author Charles E. Schumer Congress & the court: judicial confirmation Author J. Harvie Wilkinson Congress & the court: the scope of national legislative power Author Robert Charles Post Methods of judicial selection & their impact on judicial independence Author Charles Gardner Geyh Keeping courts impartial amid changing judicial elections Authors Bert Brandenburg and Roy A. Schotland Why state courts - and state-court elections - matter Author Ronald Marc George Threats to the rule of law: state courts, public expectations & political attitudes Author Margaret H. Marshall State courts & judicial outreach Author Ruth V. McGregor Serving America’s best interests Author Stephen G. Breyer
Will ignorance & partisan election of judges undermine public trust? Authors Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Bruce W. Hardy
Keeping courts impartial amid changing judicial elections Authors Bert Brandenburg and Roy A. Schotland
Threats to the rule of law: state courts, public expectations & political attitudes Author Margaret H. Marshall