SUBCOMMITTEE ON COURTS, CIVIL LIBERTIES,
AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-SIXTH CONGRESS

FIRST AND SECOND SESSIONS

ON

JUDICIAL TENURE AND DISCIPLINE 1979-80

56-982 O

JULY 12 AND 13, 1979, MARCH 27 AND 31, 1980

Serial No. 36

Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1980

SUBCOMMITTEE ON COURTS, CIVIL LIBERTIES, AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

ROBERT W. KASTENMEIER, Wisconsin, Chairman

Browning, Hon. James R., Chief Judge, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

DeConcini, Hon. Dennis, a United States Senator from the State of Arizona.....

Prepared statement

Freedman, Monroe H., American Civil Liberties Union

Prepared statement

Hunter, Hon. Elmo B., U.S. District Judge, Western District of Missouri;

Chairman, Committee on Court Administration of the Judicial Conference of

the United States.

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Prepared statement

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Lott, Hon. Trent, a Representative in Congress from the State of Mississippi

Mathias, Hon. Charles McC., Jr., a Senator from the State of Maryland

McClory, Hon. Robert, a Representative in Congress from the State of Illinois

and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary

Prepared statement

Mollenhoff, Clark, professor of journalism, Washington and Lee University

Prepared statement

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Nunn, Hon. Sam, a United States Senator from the State of Georgia

Prepared statement

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Pease, Hon. Donald J., a Representative in Congress from the State of Ohio.....

Prepared statement

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Rodino, Hon. Peter W., Jr., a Representative in Congress from the State of New
Jersey, and Chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary

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Prepared statement

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Rosenberg, Maurice, Assistant Attorney General, Office for Improvements in

the Administration of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice......

Wallace, Hon. J. Clifford, Circuit Judge, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Prepared statement

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5. Committee of Equality of Citizens Before the Courts..

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6. Gunther, Prof. Gerald, Stanford Law School.

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7. Kaufman, Hon. Irving R., chief judge, Second Circuit Court of Appeals

8. National Association of Attorneys General.