Imagine the unfairness when the UA men's basketball team plays Virginia this afternoon if the fans in Charlottesville were allowed to elect the referees. Now imagine the unfairness if judges in Arizona mostly were elected for their ideological purity by far-left liberals. Or far-right conservatives. Comparing judges to referees may appear to trivialize their role in our justice system, but both have at least one thing in common: They are supposed to be neutral. In Arizona right now, judges are as neutral as possible. That is because in 1974, voters decided that merit, not popular elections, should be the basis...