Justice Sandra Day O'Connor Remarks on Choosing Judges

Jan 26, 2010

Georgetown University | Law Center Aspen Institute

Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor spoke about selecting state judges at a day-long conference on state courts and recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings. In her remarks she said the recent campaign finance ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission creates "a problem for an independent judiciary" if more corporate .. Read More
Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor spoke about selecting state judges at a day-long conference on state courts and recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings. In her remarks she said the recent campaign finance ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission creates "a problem for an independent judiciary" if more corporate spending in campaigns for state judgeships becomes prevalent.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:14 Unidentified Speaker TONIGHT PRESIDENT OBAMA DELIVERS HIS FIRST HIT OF THE UNION ADDRESS TO CONGRESS LINE AT HIS VISION FOR...
00:00:36 Unidentified Speaker AND NOW FORMER SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR. HER REMARKS ARE PART OF THE CONFERENCE LOOKING...
00:00:55 Unidentified Speaker OKAY. THE FOLKS IN THE BACK TO OUR STANDING PLAN TO TAKE SEATS TO TAKE THEIR SEATS. WE CAN GET STARTED...
00:05:52 Unidentified Speaker DON'T STAND UP, AND THAT WAS TOO KIND AN INTRODUCTION. WE ARE JUST TO TO LEARN SOMETHING TODAY. I AM...
00:21:49 Unidentified Speaker PERHAPS SOME OF THOSE LAWS ARE INSECURE OR INVALID AS A RESULT OF LAST WEEK'S DECISION. I THINK TODAY...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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