PLS 200 Lecture : Recitation Notes DECEMBER 4TH.docx
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Merit elections: commission gives list to governor, still appointment, but democratic in the retention election(run unopposed to see if the public likes them) The holding, in brief: it is a violation of the first amendment to prevent a judge from discussing issues that could come before her if elected. Why should we care about this: this made judicial elections political, even in nonpartisan elections. Remember: judicial politicization is a consequence of judicial elections. Choi , gulati, and posner(2010) find that elected judges are: more productive, more likely to dissent in opinion against their party, not more likely to be cited. This should be taken to mean that elected judges are better in of the three categories(productivity and independence) Do people care about the politicization: the findings: Support remains the same for 77% of people in different waves of a three wave panel study showing attack ads versus nice ads of judges.
