STATEMENT BY LAW SCHOOL DEANS

Recent threats of retaliation against federal judges by members of Congress andothers harm the rule of law and the important constitutional principle of separation ofpowers. We strongly oppose these threats of retaliation. Regardless of whether we agreeor disagree with their opinions, we express our full support for judges who properlydischarge their constitutional responsibilities by deciding the cases before them as theybelieve the law requires.

We recognize that Americans will often disagree, as do we, with particularjudicial opinions. But the legislative and executive branches have constitutional meansavailable to them to seek to alter the law as declared by the judiciary. An effort to usethose means is part of our tradition of separation of powers and is entirely proper. But itis irresponsible and harmful to our constitutional system and to the value of a judiciarythat is independent, in fact and appearance, when prominent individuals and members ofCongress state or imply that judges may be impeached or otherwise punished because oftheir rulings. We urge them to stop.

This list of names includes their institutional affiliations for identificationpurposes only.

Gail B. AgrawalInterim Dean and Professor of LawUniversity of North Carolina School of Law

Peter C. AlexanderDean and Professor of LawSouthern Illinois University School of Law

James J. AlfiniPresident and DeanSouth Texas College of Law

Hannah R. ArterianDean and Professor of LawSyracuse University College of Law

Thomas C. ArthurDean and Professor of LawEmory University School of Law

Richard B. AtkinsonDeanUniversity of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Leflar Law Center

John B. AttanasioDean & William Hawley Atwel Professor of Constitutional LawDedman School of Law - Southern Methodist University

Statement by Law School DeansMay 4, 2005

Katharine T. BartlettDean and A. Kenneth Pye Professor of LawDuke University School of Law

Terence L. BlackburnDean and Professor of LawMichigan State University College of Law

Patrick J. BorchersDean and Professor of LawCreighton University School of Law

Jeffrey BrandDean and Professor of LawUniversity of San Francisco School of Law

Shelley BroderickDean and Professor of LawUniversity of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law

Brian BrombergerDean and Professor of LawLoyola University New Orleans School of Law

David W. BurchamFritz B. BUllis Dean and Professor of LawLoyola Law School

Donald L. BurnettDean and Foundation Professor of LawUniversity ofIdaho College of Law

Robert A. ButterworthDeanS1.Thomas University School of Law

Evan CaminkerDean and Professor of LawThe University of Michigan Law School

John L. CarrollDean and Ethel P. Malugen Professor of LawCumberland School of Law, Samford University

Phillip J. ClosiusDean of the College of Law and ProfessorUniversity of Toledo College of Law

Andrew M. CoatsDean and Fenelon Boesche Chair of LawUniversity of Oklahoma College of Law

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Statement by Law School DeansMay 4, 2005

Neil H. CoganVice President and DeanWhittier Law School

Jay ConisonDean and Professor of LawValparaiso University School of Law

John J. CostonisChancellor and Judge Albert Tate, Jr. and Rosemary Neal Hawkland Professor of LawLouisiana State University Law Center

George A. CritchlowInterim Dean, Associate Professor of Law and Director Clinical Law ProgramGonzaga University School of Law

Catherine A. CullemInterim Dean and Professor of LawThe University of Tulsa College of Law

W. Jeremy DavisDean and Professor of LawAppalachian School of Law

Samuel M. DavisDean, Professor, and Jamie L. Whitten Chair of Law and GovernmentUniversity of Mississippi School of Law

Kenneth B. DavisDean and George H. Young ChairUniversity of Wisconsin Law School

Lawrence R. DessemDean and Professor of LawUniversity of Missouri - Columbia School of Law

Stuart DeutschDean and Professor of LawRutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law - Newark

A. Darby DickersonVice President, Dean, and Professor of LawStetson University College of Law

Allen K. EasleyPresident, Dean, and Professor of LawWilliam Mitchell College of Law

E. EdwinEckDean and Professor of LawUniversity of Montana School of Law

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Statement by Law School DeansMay 4, 2005

Christopher EdleyDean and Professor of LawUniversity of California, Berkeley School of Law

John W. Fisher IIDean and Professor of LawWest Virginia University College of Law

Michael A. FittsDean and Bernard G. Segal Professor of LawUniversity of Pennsylvania Law School

William F. FoxDean and Professor of LawThe Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law

Stephen J. FriedmanDeanPace University School of Law

Thomas C. Galligan, JrDean and Elvin E. Overton Professor of LawUniversity of Tennessee College of Law

JonM. GaronDean and Professor of LawHamline University School of Law

Arthur R. GaudioDean and Professor of LawWestern New England College School of Law

Diane C. GeraghtyProfessor and Interim DeanLoyola University Chicago School of Law

Peter GoplerudDean and Professor of LawFlorida Coastal School of Law

Mark C. GordonDean and Professor of LawUniversity of Detroit Mercy School of Law

Claudio GrossmanDean and Raymond 1. Geraldson Scholar in International and Hurnanitaritan LawWashington College of Law, American University

Thomas F. GuernseyDean, President and ProfessorAlbany Law School, Union University

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Statement by Law School DeansMay 4, 2005

Jack A. GuttenbergDean and Professor of LawCapital University Law School

Lawrence K. HellmanDean and Professor of LawOklahoma City University School of Law

David J. HerringDean and Professor of LawUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Law

Patrick E. HobbsDean and Professor of LawSeton Hall University School of Law

Gilbert A. HolmesDean and Professor of LawUniversity of Baltimore School of Law .

Dennis R. HonabachDean and Professor of LawWashburn University School of Law

James L. HuffmanDean and Erskine Wood Sr. Professor of LawLewis and Clark Law School

Walter B. HuffmanDean and Professor of LawTexas Tech University School of Law

Joseph Richard HurtDean and Professor of LawBarry University-Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law

John D. HutsonDean and PresidentFranklin Pierce Law Center

John C. JeffriesDean and Emerson Spies Professor of Law, and Arnold H. Leon Professor of LawUniversity of Virginia School of Law

Robert H. Jerry, IIDean and Levin Mabie and Levin Professor of LawLevin College of Law, The University of Florida

Alex M. JohnsonDean and William S. Pattee Professor of LawUniversity of Minnesota Law School

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Statement by Law School DeansMay 4,2005

Carolyn C. JonesDean and Wendell Miller ProfessorUniversity of Iowa College of Law

Maryann JonesDean and PresidentWestern State University College of Law

Elena KaganDean and Charles Hamilton Houston Professor of LawHarvard Law School

Mary Kay KaneChancellor and DeanUniversity of California, Hastings College of the Law

Colleen A. KhouryDean and Professor of LawUniversity of Maine School of Law

Laird KirkpatrickKnight Law Dean and Hershner Professor of JurisprudenceUniversity of Oregon School of Law

Lisa A. KloppenbergDean and Professor of LawUniversity of Dayton School of Law

W.H. ("Joe") KnightDean and Professor of LawUniversity of Washington School of Law

Harold Hongju KohDean and Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International LawYale Law School

Gerald KorngoldDean and McCurdy Professor of LawCase Western Reserve University School of Law

Harold J. KrentDean and Professor of LawChicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology

Paul A. LeBelDean and Professor of LawUniversity of North Dakota School of Law

Don LeDucPresident, Dean, and Professor of LawThomas M. Cooley Law School

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Statement by Law School DeansMay 4, 2005

Jeffrey E. LewisDean and Professor of LawSaint Louis University School of Law

David A. LoganDean and Professor of LawRoger Williams University Ralph R. Papitto School of Law

Dennis O. LynchDean and Professor of LawUniversity of Miami School of Law

Toni M. MassaroDean and Milton O. Riepe Chair in Constitutional LawUniversity of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law

Richard A. MatasarDean, President, and Professor of LawNew York Law School

Scott M. Matheson, Jr.Dean and Professor of LawUniversity of Utah, S.J. Quinney College of Law

Stephen R. McAllisterDean and Professor of LawUniversity of Kansas School of Law

Philip J. McConnaughayDean and Donald J. Farage Professor of LawThe Penn State Dickinson School of Law

Patricia MellDean and Professor of LawJohn Marshall Law School

Thomas M. MenglerDean and Ryan Chair in LawUniversity of S1.Thomas School of Law

Richard J. MorganDean and Professor of LawUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law

Donna M. NagyInterim Dean and Charles Hartsock Professor of LawUniversity of Cincinnati College of Law

Nell Jessup NewtonDean and Professor of LawUniversity of Connecticut School of Law

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Statement by Law School DeansMay 4, 2005

John F. O'BrienDean and Professor of LawNew England School of Law

Nils OlsenDean and Professor of LawState University of New York at Buffalo School of Law

Maureen A. O'RourkeDean ad interim, Michaels Faculty Research Scholar, and Professor of LawBoston University School of Law

Elizabeth Rindskopf ParkerDeanUniversity of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law

Jerry ParkinsonDean and Professor of LawUniversity of Wyoming College of Law

David F. PartlettVice President, Dean and Professor of LawWashington and Lee University School of Law

LeRoy PernellDean and Professor of LawNorthern lllinois University College of Law

Rex PerschbacherDean and Professor of LawUniversity of California, Davis School of Law

Robert William "Bill" PiattDean and Ryan Professor of LawSt. Mary's University School of Law

Freddie Pitcher, Jr. (Judge Ret.)ChancellorSouthern University Law Center

Donald J. PoldenDean and Professor of LawSanta Clara University School of Law

Lawrence PonoroffDean and Mitchell Franklin Professor of LawTulane University School of Law

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Statement by Law School DeansMay 4, 2005

William C. PowersDean, John Jeffers Research Chair in Law,Hines H. Baker and Thelma Kelly Baker Chair, andUniversity Distinguished Teaching ProfessorThe University of Texas School of Law

Lawrence RafulDeanTouro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center

Nancy B. RapoportDean and Professor of LawUniversity of Houston Law Center

Douglas E. RayDean, Professor, and Vice PresidentWidener University School of Law

Robert J. ReinsteinDean, Vice President, and Professor of LawTemple University, James E. Beasley School of Law

Richard ReveszDean and Lawrence King Professor of LawNew York University School of Law

Mary E. RicketsonDean and University ProfessorUniversity of Denver Sturm College of Law

Lauren K. RobelDean and Val Nolan Professor of LawIndiana University School of Law - Bloomington

Daniel B. RodriguezDean and Professor of LawUniversity of San Diego School of Law

Nancy H. RogersDean and Michael E. Moritz Chair in Alternative Dispute ResolutionThe Ohio State University Moritz College of Law

James H. RosenblattDeanMississippi College School of Law

Karen RothenbergDean and Marjorie Cook Professor of LawUniversity of Maryland, School of Law

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Statement by Law School DeansMay 4, 2005

Laura F. RothsteinDean and Professor of LawUniversity of Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law

Edward RubinDean DesignateVanderbilt University Law School

David RudenstineDeanYeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Mark A. SargentDean and Professor of LawVillanova University School of Law

Bradley SaxtonDean and Professor of LawQuinnipiac University School of Law

Suellyn ScarnecchiaDean and Professor of LawUniversity of New Mexico School of Law

Michael H. SchillDean and Professor of LawUniversity of California, Los Angeles School of Law

David M. SchizerDean and Lucy G. Moses Professor of LawColumbia University School of Law

Stewart J. SchwabAllan R. Tessler Dean and Professor of LawCornell Law School

Joel SeligmanDean and Ethan A. H. Shepley University ProfessorWashington University School of Law

Geoffrey B. ShieldsPresident, Dean and Professor of LawVermont Law School

Frederick G. SlabachDean and Professor of LawTexas Wesleyan University School of Law

Robert H. SmithDean and Professor of LawSuffolk University Law School

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Statement by Law School DeansMay 4,2005

Rodney A. SmollaDean and Allen Professor of LawThe University of Richmond School of Law

James R. SmootDean and Professor of LawUniversity of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of LawAviam SoiferDeanUniversity of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law

Rayman L. SolomonDean and Professor of LawRutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law - Camden

Emily SpielerDean and Hadley Professor of LawNortheastern University School of Law

Steven H. SteinglassDean and Professor of LawCleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

Leonard P. StrickmanDean and Professor of LawFlorida International University College of Law

Ellen Y. SuniDean and Professor of LawUniversity of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law

Symeon C. SymeonidesDean and Professor of LawWillamette University College of Law

Anthony A. TarrDean and Professor of LawIndiana University School of Law - Indianapolis

Leigh H. TaylorDean and Professor of LawSouthwestern University School of Law

Kellye TestyDeanSeattle University School of Law

Joseph TomainDean Emeritus and Wilbert and Helen Ziegler Professor of LawUniversity of Cincinnati College of Law

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Statement by Law School DeansMay 4,2005

William M. TreanorDean and Professor of LawFordham University School of Law

Kenneth J. VandeveldeDean and Professor of LawThomas Jefferson School of Law

Allan W. VestalDean and Professor of LawUniversity of Kentucky College of Law

Barry R. VickreyDean and Professor of LawUniversity of South Dakota School of Law

David S. WalkerDean and Dwight D. Opperman Distinguished Professor of LawDrake University Law School

Robert K. WalshDean and Professor of LawWake Forest University School of Law

Joan WexlerJoseph Crea Dean and Professor of LawBrooklyn Law School

Patricia WhiteDean and Professor of LawArizona State University College of Law

Frederic WhiteDean and Professor of LawGolden Gate University School of Law

Steven L. WillbomDean and Richard C. and Catherine Stuart Schmoker ProfessorUniversity of Nebraska College of Law

Parham WilliamsVice President, Dean and Donald P. Kennedy Chair in LawChapman University School of Law

FrankH. WuDean and Professor of LawWayne State University Law School

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