Articles
Does the Election of Judges Diminish the Quality of Justice?
by Danielle Jouenne
August, 2009
The impact of campaign contributions and judicial independence has
been in the forefront of political discussion this year. From the
U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision on judicial recusal
to the judicial reform bills moving through the Pennsylvania Senate
and House, public attention has tuned in to methods of judicial
selection and the influence of money on an elected judiciary. read
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