Carrie Cordero Quoted in CNN: On Significance of Federal Judges Association Meeting
Note: this piece was originally published at CNN, and quoted Checks & Balances member Carrie Cordero.
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On its website, the group says it “shall work in coordination and cooperation” with the chief justice, who presides over the Judicial Conference, the national policy making body for federal courts. A spokesperson for the chief justice declined to comment on the group’s planned meeting on Tuesday.
The FJA says it works “collaboratively” with the administrative office of the US courts — the agency within the judicial branch that provides administrative support to the federal courts — on matters of “shared interest.” A spokesperson for that office declined CNN’s request for comment on Tuesday.
CNN legal analyst and senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security Carrie Cordero said on Tuesday that the group of judges could wield a substantial amount of influence over the attorney general.
“This judges’ conference, I think, is also extremely significant, because the attorney general might be able to withstand the criticism from alumni of the Justice Department. What he will not be able to withstand is a loss of confidence from the judiciary,” she told CNN’s Brianna Keilar on “CNN Right Now.”
“If the attorney general loses the confidence of the judges, he’s done,” Cordero said.