Are partisan elections destroying America? This is one topic of debate that consistently comes up today as to whether judges should be chosen by partisan election. Let’s discuss some disadvantages of this.
Judges are trained professional who are supposed to be unbiased law maker in the pursuit of justice. They should be not influence by the public. Public elections are an invitation for public payback. People could be in the wrong place at the wrong time and be innocent however find themselves in court of law. When you add incentives, you end up with judges that in their effort to please and satisfy the masses will condemn people to a fate much worse than the one they really deserve. Do you remember the “Kids for Cash Scandal” in Philadelphia