AMERICAN JUDGES ASSOCIATION AWARDS 2017

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Date of this Version

2017

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Article

Citation

Court Review, Volume 53, Issue 3 (2017)

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Copyright American Judges Association. Used by permission.

Abstract

HAROLD V. FROEHLICH AWARD FOR JUDICIAL COURAGE

The award is named in honor of Judge Harold Froehlich of Wisconsin, who as a freshman Republican Congressman risked his political career by voting in the House Judiciary Committee in favor of the impeachment of President Richard Nixon. Froelich lost re-election but later served as a trial judge in Wisconsin from 1981 to 2011. The award honors a judge who makes fair and impartial judgments in accord with the rule of law while exercising independence from personal consequences.