A new poll released by the American Bar Association shows strong public dissatisfaction with the national judiciary. While I do agree that the judiciary is certainly out of control in many respects, I don’t agree with some of the other sentiments expressed in this poll. For example, "[a] majority of survey respondents agreed with statements that ‘judicial activism’ has reached the crisis stage, and that judges who ignore voters’ values should be impeached".
If judges are to simply stay in line with "voters’ values" and should be impeached if they fail to do so than the dividing line between the judicial branch and the other two political branches no longer exists. Judges must follow the letter and text of the law; following public opinion will only further the current problem.
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