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On the Bench, he falls short of the full measure of his exalted duty if by any way or any expression he discloses his sympathy with one political party or his prejudice against another.
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Blaine stresses that judges must not show political bias while serving on the bench to fulfill their duties effectively.
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Such an opportunity would have been a menace to the public credit, and would have proved a constant source of corruption.
The two schools in short marked the dividing line between the radical and the conservative.
The deep-seated prejudice against color is assiduously cultivated by the public journals and leads to acts of cruelty, oppression, and murder, which the local authorities are at no pains to prevent or punish.
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