tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post114977790071577902..comments2024-03-17T10:49:06.420-06:00Comments on Wash Park Prophet: Electing Judges Is A Bad IdeaAndrew Oh-Willekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-46896664838223826262009-06-18T05:58:53.033-06:002009-06-18T05:58:53.033-06:00The decisions judges make often have some politica...The decisions judges make often have some political consequences, and outcomes (assuming, perhaps naively, that their intentions are not political). So, let's be frank and honest about it - an elected judge who is aware of the norms can tell you what the law is, not what the law ought to be. Judicial opinions have outcomes. All people who generate an outcome should be held accountable. Judges should be accountable to the people through the electoral process for their fidelity to the rule of law. <br /><br /><br />Moreover, the criticisms' you raised can be fixed by simple institutional transparency (e.g. donations etc).<br /><br />Like the Swiss (did with citizen initated referenda), over time, voters will become more educated - its a cultural change. <br /><br />A simple compromise would be to pool about 10 candidates from various ideologies, degrees and beliefs (from your Scalia to Sandra Day O'Connor) and then put them up to election.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-1149825046546739212006-06-08T21:50:00.000-06:002006-06-08T21:50:00.000-06:00It's Judge Janavs fault for not changing her name ...It's Judge Janavs fault for not changing her name to a safe, white-souding "American" name.<BR/><BR/>Dzintra Janavs vs. Lynn Diane Olson.<BR/><BR/>She should have changed it to Diana Johannson. Southern Californians apparently realllly don't like the idea of immigrants taking jobs away from Americans.Julie O.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07953511804910482985noreply@blogger.com