http://www.diatribune.com/judicial-appointments-or-elections Comments for "Judicial Appointments or Elections" en http://www.diatribune.com/judicial-appointments-or-elections <p><img src="http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/9224/judgesk9.jpg" align="right" />A truly interesting and extensive piece appeared over at the <a href="http://mainvoice.org/blog/2008/05/selecting-your-next-judge.html">MAINstream Coalition's</a> blog today that discussed an upcoming ballot initiative in Johnson County, Kansas that would move county judges from being appointed by a panel to being elected by the public.</p> <p>The instigator of the ballot initiative is of course another wing-nut who thinks that by making judges become elected he would score a bunch of conservative judges - ignoring the fact that this will definitely not be the case, especially among the members of the Johnson County Bar Association.</p> <p>The piece links to a <a href="http://www.nbcactionnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=7264e9e6-36f1-416d-a4c3-3f191da3fdaf">2007 AP story</a> on the Tim Golba as well as info on the specific bill.</p> <p><a href="http://www.diatribune.com/judicial-appointments-or-elections">read more</a></p> http://www.diatribune.com/judicial-appointments-or-elections#comments county courts elections Kansas primaries Fri, 09 May 2008 07:57:17 -0600 Alicescheshirecat 3605 at http://www.diatribune.com