Horton v. McLaughlin’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
April 2005
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Nixon v. United States · In Re Mussman · LeClair v. LeClair · Silva v. Botsch · Davis v. School-District
Most-quoted passages
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“Finally, we address the petitioners' assertion that the legislative impeachment process as carried out threatens the independence of the judiciary. . . . To subject a judge to financial hardship in defending himself or herself from impeachment or removal proceedings motivated, for example, by unpopular decisions could significantly jeopardize the separation of powers doctrine as well as the requirement that a judge act independently. On this record, however, we find no such substantive constitutional violation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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