Judicial Elections

In April, 2008, the College’s Judiciary Committee proposed a set of Recommended Principles for Judicial Selection and Retention, adopted later that year by the Board of Regents. Of those recommended “Principles,” four in number, the first three are unimpeachable, as was the fourth at the time it was adopted and recommended by the Committee. However, events since that time have combined to produce a veritable “Perfect Storm” of adverse consequences attendant upon judicial
elections that strongly suggest that the College should reconsider and take a position in opposition to selection and retention of judges by contested elections under any circumstances.