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They receive their offices and salaries from, and are impeachable and removable by, the very governments upon whose acts they affect to sit in judgment.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “They receive their offices and salaries from, and are impeachable and removable by, the very governments upon whose acts…”
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He argues that judges are compromised by their dependence on government for their positions and salaries.
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