Judges and Judiciary
May 29, 2014
Judicial elections: educate, don't eliminate
Once again, public debate has begun about the appropriateness of electing our judges.
Stanley Mosk Courthouse
Randolph M. Hammock
Judge
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Univeristy of San Diego School of Law
Judge Hammock, currently assigned to an independent calendar court at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse. He is also a member of the Judicial Elections Committee of the California Judges Association, and he played an integral role in the drafting, lobbying and passing of SB 235 into law.
Once again it's election time. As usual, the voters are presented with a multitude of offices and propositions to decide, including the down-the-end-of-the-ballot races for judge of the superior court. And once again, public debate has begun about the appropriateness of electing our judges. The popular consensus appears to favor the elimination of judicial elections, and instead allow the governor or some special type of judicial committee to simply appoint all judges. Be that as it may,...
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