How Supreme Court Justices Are Appointed
in their own way, they still remain the best solution to protect the system of checks and balances. The recent fiasco with the opposition government stymying the President's Supreme Court nominees shows that the procedures whereby the Justices are approved and confirmed needs to be revised. That does not mean the decision should revert to the people. The election of state judges shows exactly how problematic public elections for members of the judiciary can be. As Zeder (2012) points out, 90% of state judges must run for office. Those elections are costly and often sullied by extraneous political issues. With few exceptions, the… Continue Reading...