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May 23, 2008
This is an early look at the power excercised by and arrogance of those given lifetime tenure and the protection of a huge, taxpayer financed assortment of institutions run by people drawn to power. The subtitle is "The Private World of the Powerful Federal Judges."
Since the book was originally published in 1974, the federal judiciary have gained in power exponentially, largely through arrogating it to themselves. They continue to exploit their lack of accountability with less and less restraint and sense of responsibility.
The book consists largely of a series of descriptive studies of individual judges who were considered controversial at the time. Unfortunately, the author focuses fo
ar more on the case against the individual malefactors and does little to examine the pervasive problems in the judicial selection process and the lack of accountability. At the time he published this, the Federal Judicial Center had not become the enormous monstrosity of lobbyist power that it has now become. Unfortunately, too few people have the backgound and objectivity to ever understand the problem. Most of those who do are content to ride as beneficiaries rather than critics.
Since the book was originally published in 1974, the federal judiciary have gained in power exponentially, largely through arrogating it to themselves. They continue to exploit their lack of accountability with less and less restraint and sense of responsibility.
The book consists largely of a series of descriptive studies of individual judges who were considered controversial at the time. Unfortunately, the author focuses fo
ar more on the case against the individual malefactors and does little to examine the pervasive problems in the judicial selection process and the lack of accountability. At the time he published this, the Federal Judicial Center had not become the enormous monstrosity of lobbyist power that it has now become. Unfortunately, too few people have the backgound and objectivity to ever understand the problem. Most of those who do are content to ride as beneficiaries rather than critics.
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