O'Connor worries about courts' autonomy (AP)

SAN FRANCISCO - Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> Sandra Day O'Connor said she fears judges are under growing political attack nationwide. "I'm increasingly concerned about the current climate of challenge to judicial independence," O'Connor told a gathering of state judges from around the country Friday. "Unhappiness with judges today is at a very intense level." The judiciary is the weakest of the three branches of government ...