Statement by Daniel J. McAuliffe, State Bar of Arizona President
October 5, 2007

Recent attacks on the judiciary, in the manner in which they are currently being conducted, undermine the legal process.

The State Bar is committed to the principle of an independent judiciary. There is a right way to question a judge's actions, and that is through the appellate courts or the Commission on Judicial Conduct—not through the media. We at the Bar are extremely concerned at what appear to be extra-judicial attempts to resolve issues that our system of justice commits to an independent judiciary.