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Some State judges are elected. | 168 comments | Create New Account
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Federal Judges are not elected.
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, October 05 2012 @ 02:46 PM EDT
It was included as a critique of one of the more frequently
cited "better than electing judges" alternatives -
appointment. Appointment by majoritarian elected leaders is
not proof against majoritarianism.

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Some State judges are elected.
Authored by: FamilyManFirst on Friday, October 05 2012 @ 05:01 PM EDT
Some (I don't know how many) states elect their judges, up to and including
their State Supreme Court judges. Recently there have been a few states where
unpopular judgements have been handed down, followed by political groups either
calling for impeachment or starting campaigns to defeat, at re-election, any and
all judges that favored the unpopular decision. This latter practice
politicizes the state courts, which is, as PJ said, a Bad Thing.

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