Add to ORKGThe following remarks suggest that the election system for choosing Washington judges is not, in any significant degree, an election system at all. Most Washington judges do not get on the bench by election and elections are rarely used to evaluate sitting judges. Through the quiet adoption of certain practices and customs, citizen voice through elections rarely plays a role. If elections are a good way to select and retain judges—an issue not debated here—important changes in our practices are essential if we are to take elections seriously
If all persons are to be treated equally in our courts, the process of selecting judges to oversee c...
Those who are concerned about judicial independence and accountability in the United States quite ri...
The cause of reform in the name of “judicial independence” found its Paul Revere in the retired Just...
The following remarks suggest that the election system for choosing Washington judges is not, in any...
The scholarly debate about how to select state judges has been ongoing for decades; the public debat...
In the United States today the vast majority of states conduct elections in some form or fashion to ...
This Article seeks to transcend perennial election versus appointment debates-including debates over...
This Comment argues that elections can give us good judges who are both accountable to the voters an...
The scholarly debate about how to select state judges has been ongoing for decades; the public debat...
The scholarly debate about how to select state judges has been ongoing for decades; the public debat...
In 1980, Seattle established a judicial merit selection process for the Seattle Municipal Court, bas...
Those who are concerned about judicial independence and accountability in the United States quite ri...
If all persons are to be treated equally in our courts, the process of selecting judges to oversee c...
In this article, the author argues that it is only possible to determine whether judges are likely t...
If all persons are to be treated equally in our courts, the process of selecting judges to oversee c...
If all persons are to be treated equally in our courts, the process of selecting judges to oversee c...
Those who are concerned about judicial independence and accountability in the United States quite ri...
The cause of reform in the name of “judicial independence” found its Paul Revere in the retired Just...
The following remarks suggest that the election system for choosing Washington judges is not, in any...
The scholarly debate about how to select state judges has been ongoing for decades; the public debat...
In the United States today the vast majority of states conduct elections in some form or fashion to ...
This Article seeks to transcend perennial election versus appointment debates-including debates over...
This Comment argues that elections can give us good judges who are both accountable to the voters an...
The scholarly debate about how to select state judges has been ongoing for decades; the public debat...
The scholarly debate about how to select state judges has been ongoing for decades; the public debat...
In 1980, Seattle established a judicial merit selection process for the Seattle Municipal Court, bas...
Those who are concerned about judicial independence and accountability in the United States quite ri...
If all persons are to be treated equally in our courts, the process of selecting judges to oversee c...
In this article, the author argues that it is only possible to determine whether judges are likely t...
If all persons are to be treated equally in our courts, the process of selecting judges to oversee c...
If all persons are to be treated equally in our courts, the process of selecting judges to oversee c...
Those who are concerned about judicial independence and accountability in the United States quite ri...
The cause of reform in the name of “judicial independence” found its Paul Revere in the retired Just...