According to Zulaie Cobra, the member of the judicial-reform committee in the lower house of Congress who presented the latest proposals this week, the first priority should be to set up a new body to investigate allegations of corruption and other misbehaviour by judges.

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John Edwards, D-North Carolina, a successful trial lawyer and potential candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004, got a seat on the Judiciary committee -- a high profile perch for battling White House judicial nominations.

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