Walter Sanders v. James E. Sullivan and Robert Abrams, the Attorney General of the State of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 1988-12-02

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IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge: In our system of government, the federal courts, Janus-like, must often observe two directions at once. On the one hand, through unstinting vigilance, we must warrant the guarantees of the Constitution. Yet we are enjoined, on the other hand, to forbear gratuitous intrusions into the judicial functions of the several states. Nowhere are these tw…

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