Judges and Judiciary
Sep. 21, 2010
Judicial Election Challenges and Politics: Why You Should Worry
California’s bench boasts its election procedure is independent of politicized judicial elections, except for the for the Superior Court judge loophole, by Barbara Reeves Neal and Richard C. Neal of JAMS.
Thirty-nine states hold judicial elections. In many of those states, the elections are partisan and large sums of money come into play. Between 2000 and 2009, campaign fundraising by state Supreme Court candidates totaled $206 million. Special interest groups, operating independently of candidates' campaigns, pour millions more into judicial elections. ("The New Politics of Judicial Elections, 2000-2...
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