Here is the resignation letter U.S. Court of Appeals Judge H. Lee Sarokin submitted to President Clinton on June 4, 1996.
"It is apparent that there are those who have decided to "Willie Hortonize" the federal judiciary, and that I am to be one of their prime targets. As a result, I expect that my decisions will continue to be used against you and others in the upcoming campaign, but I cannot and will not alter them because they might. I had intended to remain on the court so long as I was physically and mentally able, but the constant politicization of my tenure has made that lifetime dream impossible for me.," the judge wrote.
Republican presidential candidate Robert Dole had targeted Sarokin for a ruling he made as a federal trial judge in 1991, in favor of a homeless man who was ejected from a public library because of poor hygiene.
