Democratic Judicial Elections Work in Ohio
July 26, 2010
Our friends at Gavel Grab have a little post lauding several Ohio judicial candidates for agreeing to abide by Marquess of Queensberry rules in the upcoming election. Chief Justice Eric Brown, Justice Maureen O’Connor, Justice Judith Lanzinger and appellate Judge Mary Jane Trapp all signed a “clean-campaign pledge,” promising to focus their campaigns on experience and credentials. Candidates are also supposed to disavow any ads from outside groups that “impugn the integrity” of an opponent.
Of course, the greatest guarantors of “clean” judges are the people themselves – who can easily vote down any judicial candidate they feel is too negative or too beholden to special interest groups. Makes you wonder why the Gavel Grabbers are so afraid of democracy when it comes to picking judges.