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Why It Is Important to Support the Federal Judiciary as They Wrestle with Major Issues

Wheatley Fellow Thomas B. Griffith wrote an article for the Deseret News about the importance of mantaining public trust in the nonpartisan nature of federal courts, especially when disagreements arise over contentious political issues. He warns that questioning judicial impartiality based solely on disagreement with court decisions is a serious danger to both the judges in question and the Constitution.

"Accusations that some judges are partisans — whether those accusations come from the left or the right — are not only dangerous for our democracy, but they give license to those disposed to visit physical harm or harassment upon judges and their families."

Read the article here.