[Spktyr]

Yup. It makes them answerable to the people - something sorely lacking elsewhere.

What happens to judges if they: Get soft on criminals? Give murderers probation only? Abuse their position? “Creatively” interpret the law? Guess what - come next election, you’re fired!

[tbw2]

Another reason to love Texas.

[ccmay]

You can get rid of judges that go off the rails if you have judicial retention elections. That's how we do it in Arizona. The appointment is made by the Governor, and then every four years they have to win a majority in an unopposed retention election. Most of the time it is just a formality, but every now and then a bad apple gets the boot.

It sure beats allowing the dirty filthy greedy trial-lawyer pond scum to buy their own pet judges Texas-style.

-ccm