Opinion: Elections are a terrible way to select judges. That means you, Wisconsin

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Opinion: Elections are a terrible way to select judges. That means you, Wisconsin (via latimesopinion)

To which some might object: Why shouldn’t judicial selection be an openly political process? Judges, and not just on the U.S. Supreme Court, make decisions that profoundly shape the lives of citizens — in some ways more than legislatures do. And if party labels serve as a reliable shorthand for a would-be legislator’s political philosophy, don’t they also correlate in many cases to judicial philosophy?and judicial confirmation votes in the U.S.

When the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 2018 handed down a decision striking down a Republican gerrymander of the state’s congressional districts, news coverage of the ruling highlighted the fact that a majority of the justices had been elected as

 

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opinion Los Angeles Judges elections are paid for by Lawyer bribes I mean contributions ... Judge contributions need to be audited and if they try a case with a Lawyer that’s given a contribution they should be tossed off the bench.

opinion Well.. in many cases an appointed judge isn't that great.

opinion And Sherrifs, too.

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