Posted on 06/28/2015 6:50:00 AM PDT by MN_Mike
Typically, judges and justices in states with retention elections are retained with anywhere from 60-80% of the vote. However, retention elections are sometimes used as opportunities to remove from office judges who have made unpopular rulings.[3] For example, in Iowa's 2010 retention election, David Baker, Marsha Ternus and Michael Streit, three Iowa Supreme Court justices, were denied retention by slim margins because of the court's unpopular decision to legalize gay marriage.[4]
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I would like to see state legislatures regain some power. Let them appoint judges (and senators ftm). I promote fewer national decisions and more local decisions when possible.
Of course I do not pretend to be as informed as Cruz but that’s where I am.
We have those in Florida. It is a big part of our ballot.
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