Guest guest Posted January 9, 2009 Report Share Posted January 9, 2009 Justice for Sale _http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120614225489456227.html?mod=googlenews_wsj#ar ticleTabs%3Darticle_ (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120614225489456227.html?mod=googlenews_wsj#arti\ cleTabs=article) * By _JAMES SAMPLE_ (http://online.wsj.com/search/search_center.html?KEYWORDS=JAMES+SAMPLE & ARTICLESE\ ARCHQUERY_PARSER=bylineAND) Certain American values transcend partisan divisions. One is that money should not influence the courts. But with record sums pouring into judicial elections, the ideal of due process is giving way to a perception of pay-to-play justice. This is not a matter of red versus blue. Seventy-six percent of Americans believe that campaign contributions influence judicial decisions, according to a 2001-2002 survey by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research and American Viewpoint; 46% of state court judges agree, according to a written survey by the same organizations. Separate recent empirical studies in the New York Times and the Tulane Law Review support the proposition that contributions not only correlate with decisions, but alter them.... Ironic: " alter " them???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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