 It is the duty of the bar to endeavor to prevent political considerations from outweighing judicial fitness in the selection of judges. It should protest earnestly and actively against the appointment or election of those who are unsuitable for the bench...  Ethical Obligations of the Lawyer - Page 295by Gleason Leonard Archer - 1910 - 367 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Law - 1920 - 516 pages
...unethical conduct under the Canons of Professional Ethics, the second canon of which declares that "it is the duty of the Bar to endeavor to prevent...outweighing judicial fitness in the selection of judges." This same section also makes it the duty of every lawyer, irrespective of his political affiliations... | |
 | American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1921 - 1066 pages
...should he encouraged and the person making them should he protected. 2. The Selection of Judges. — lt is the duty of the Bar to endeavor to prevent political...outweighing judicial fitness in the selection of Judges. 1t should protest earnestly and actively * For Index and Synopsis of Canons, see p. 17.. against the... | |
 | North Carolina Bar Association - Bar associations - 1915 - 368 pages
...charges should be encouraged and the person making them should be protected. THE SELECTION OF JUDGES. 2. It is the duty of the Bar to endeavor to prevent political situations from outweighing judicial fitness in the selection of Judges. It should protest earnestly... | |
 | New Jersey State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1921 - 154 pages
...otherwi'3e';-.auch charges should be encouraged and the person maki'ng'ttiem should be protected. .'";.. V 2. The Selection of Judges. It is the duty of the Bar to en• deavor to prevent political considerations from outweighing judi'cial fitness in the selection... | |
 | Commercial law - 1913 - 632 pages
...but not otherwise, such charges should be encouraged and the persons making them should be protected. 2. The Selection of Judges. It Is the duty of the...unsuitable for the bench; and It should strive to liave elevated thereto only those willing to forego other employments, •whether of a business, political... | |
 | Admission to the bar - 1902 - 746 pages
...Cent. Dig. §§ 1520-1535; Dec. Dig. §§ 654-058; Trial, Cent. Dig. §§ 80-84 ; Dec. Dig. § 20. 2. The Selection of Judges. It is the duty of the...of Judges. It should protest earnestly and actively (xv) against the appointment or election of those who are unsuitable for the Bench ; and it should... | |
 | Society of American Foresters - Forests and forestry - 1916 - 518 pages
...duty. In the selection of judges — rule 2, for example — the committee felt that the bar . . . "should protest earnestly and actively against the...should strive to have elevated thereto only those who are willing to forego other employments, whether of a business, political, or other character,... | |
 | State Bar Association of North Dakota - Bar associations - 1909 - 1020 pages
...members of the bar, personal courtesy to a degree cquivalenc to that extended by the bench to the bar. 2. THE SELECTION OF JUDGES. It is the duty of the bar to exert its strongest influence to prevent political considerations from outweighing judicial fitness... | |
 | Clarke Butler Whittier - 1908 - 108 pages
...a long step forward for the representatives of the American bar to declare that it must steadfastly endeavor "to prevent political considerations from...outweighing judicial fitness in the selection of Judges" and "should protest earnestly and actively against the appointment or election of those who are unsuitable... | |
 | Charles Ellewyin George - Banking law - 1911 - 564 pages
...the several candidates. In considering the election of judges or of district attorneys, it should be the duty of the bar to endeavor to prevent political...considerations from out-weighing judicial fitness. It should lay aside personal feelings. It should protest earnestly and actively against those who are... | |
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