Baltimore Sun OpEd: Gansler Merit Proposal
February 2, 2010
On Friday, the Baltimore Sun published an oped I wrote in response to a recent proposal by Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler. Gansler is pushing to replace the democratic election of circuit court judges in Maryland with merit selection and retention elections.
Gansler argues his plan “offers [voters] a tool to hold the judge accountable.” But as American Courthouse readers know, such a scheme merely puts legal elites in charge of picking judges and assures a virtual lifetime appointment to the bench.