When you elect your judges, are you able to get information regarding all of their prior cases as well as seeing into the future on how they will rule in years to come? When I try to research candidates for the bench I find precious little information on what these judges stand for.
Are you aware of every law that your state legislature passes? If you are, then you are extraordinary because the average person doesn't follow these things that closely. They elect politicians according to the party they're affiliated with, and trust that these people will represent their views. Sadly, that's not always the case. It wasn't until this weekend that I learned about our state's law regarding hearsay and living wills. How many other Floridians really knew about this and would have approved of it? Still, the representatives from my district have been strongly supporting the fight to save Terri, as have many from districts all over Florida.
As I understand it, the bill they are currently trying to pass would put an end to this hearsay nonsense.
Sorry, but I am just so tired of Floridians being painted with a broad brush every time anything goes wrong. Since the majority of Americans are buying into Schiavo's lies, it's obviously not just Floridians who have an "outlook" worth questioning.
In all my years of voting, almost never even recognize any names of judges on the ballot except at the bottom level local court (and that sometimes). Above that, never, let alone what they stand for.
I think you have made a valid point here. What we are witnessing is a general moral decline across our entire nation.
I've been exercising my right to vote since 1972 and voted for Nixon back then. Pat was, and continues to be, my favorite First Lady.
Since then I've never cast a ballot for judgeship. Never. It's difficult to know where they stand on issues and candidates rarely make themselves available to the voters or run a meaningful campaign. They just get re-elected again and again. I don't vote across party lines. I also don't remember voting for a RAT. If a republican candidate's view don't run parallel to mine, I usually don't cast a ballot for that office.
Issues trump the party. The party is a just a collective abstraction.