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Why did Supreme Court Chief Justice John L.Hill resign from the court in 1988?


A) After placing the critical vote that declared a recent health care law unconstitutional, the Senate sought to remove Hill, but he preempted them by resigning.
B) He resigned in a sign of protest at the sanctioning of fellow justices Ray and Kilgarlin, who Hill believed to be innocent.
C) He sought to lobby as a private citizen for merit selection of judges, which the legislature had previously ignored.
D) He was dismayed by the court's propensity for conservative activism and felt that he had little power within the Supreme Court.
E) The legislature was planning to vote on campaign finance limits for the judicial branch and, in a sign of protest at the legislature expanding its powers, resigned to launch a civil suit.

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