George Will explains the folly of electing judges, and gets it largely right.
The dissenters emphasize—as do supporters of the new federal regulations on campaigns for nonjudicial offices—”appearances.” They say Minnesota’s abridgment of judicial candidates’ freedom of speech is necessary because due process appears to be violated when a judge ruling one way or another can affect his prospects for re-election. But that, says Scalia, means that judicial elections themselves violate due process.
Link from VodkaPundit.
Posted by wasylik at July 3, 2002 06:40 PM