Legislatures, driven more by politics than the law, find ways to punish judges or compel specific judicial rulings. We need elected officials who hold the separation of powers sacred. We need citizens who will denounce those special interests that would subvert justice for their own political or financial gain. The primary outcome of this election should be reforms to preserve the impartiality of the judiciary. We can think of no greater act of statesmanship by the new president than to create a truly bipartisan and broad-based commission to recommend proposals for protecting the independence of our judiciary.
Democracy guarantees disagreement.
Under this system of government, the will of the majority is ordained to prevail but it must prevail and the Constitution. J. Mikva and William S. Sessions . William S. Sessions, FBI, director under Presidents Reagan and Bush and the former chief judge of, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. Both are, members of the Constitution Project's courts initiative.