Re: Judicial Campaigns May Put Democracy at Risk

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How PC, "may well be at risk". Way past the "is" part.

On 5/25/10, Sharon Kramer wrote:
> Judicial Campaigns May Put Democracy at Risk, CJP Chair
> Says
>
> American democracy “may well be at risk” as judicial
> campaigns turn into special-interest funded political
> contests in which candidates are pressured into taking
> political stances, Fourth District Court of Appeal
> Presiding Justice Judith McConnell told a community forum.
>
> McConnell, who in addition to presiding over Div. One is
> the chair of the Commission on Judicial Performance and a
> member of the Statewide Commission for Impartial Courts,
> made the remarks Thursday night at Southwestern Law School.
>
> http://www.metnews.com/articles/2010/foru052410.htm