[longtermmemmory]

If Judges felt their authority threatened by elections would judges outlaw elections?

[Carry_Okie]

Judges are subject to popular removal in some states, as California did to three State Supreme Court justices. I wouldn't mind seeing district referenda on Federal judges, but it would take a Constitutional amendment.

Lacking that, impeachment is the only recourse, and the Congress has become notoriously lame in that regard. Revitalizing the process should be a line item in a new "Contract with America."