[keep your powder dry]

related:

“The Tyranny of the Bench”

http://mises.org/daily/4456

[shove_it]

From the article you posted: “Apparently the masses of DeKalb County were not concerned about Linda's rights, for they reelected him last year to another six-year term as circuit-court judge.”

Retention elections of judges are the problem. There is no mechanism to publicize the decisions these appointed judges make unless a concerned reporter chooses to make an issue of the case (with editorial consent) and make it public. Absent such publicity, these judges are rarely removed from the bench. Some other means of shining the light on their decisions for the voters to see needs to be enacted into law.