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31 Judges J. 26 (1992)
ALJ Independence Undermined - What the Interior Department Is Doing and Why

handle is hein.journals/judgej31 and id is 74 raw text is: ALJ Independence Undermined What the Interior Department is doing and why By Edward A. Slavin, Jr. An independent judiciary is the safeguard of our liberty and of our property under the Constitution. -Charles Evans Hughes, 1907. Go into any courtroom, and there will preside an independent judge beholden to no government power. -President Ronald Reagan, 1988. You are an administrative law judge (AU), appointed to decide cases inde- pendently, without interference. Lately the interference has been deafening, and the threats to judicial independence chilling. Storm clouds on the horizon are growing. Your chief judge has been fired for supporting the principle of judicial independence, having testified about harassment, intimidation, and threats to fire you and your colleagues. The Judges' Journal John Neubauer 26

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