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The New DU. Reply #9: Judges are just as susceptible to the fears and prejudices of their day
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Sat Jan-29-05 10:48 PM
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| 9. Judges are just as susceptible to the fears and prejudices of their day |
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As jurors are.
"Wise" judges have given us decisions like Dred Scott and Plessy v. Ferguson.
A perfect example of this is Earl Warren.
Earl Warren turned out to be perhaps the most liberal Chief Justice in U.S. history. Yet while he was Attorney General of California, he supported the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII.
Judges are just as human as anyone else.
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