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I’m really considerably involved in regards to the Courtroom. It’s just a little bit too private and confrontational, among the opinions. I’m hoping that can cool down just a little bit.
— Former Justice Anthony Kennedy, in feedback given throughout an interview with CBS News to debate his memoir, “Life, Law and Liberty” (affiliate hyperlink). Cautious not to criticize his colleagues on the Supreme Courtroom, Kennedy went on to specific his considerations about civility and ethics, saying, “Democracy presumes an open, rational, considerate, respectable dialogue the place you respect the dignity of the individual with whom you disagree. And if it doesn’t have that, then democracy as we all know it’s in peril.”

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