In 2007, the Nevada Legislature approved switching to a “merit selection” system for the first time. If the Legislature does so again in 2009 and the voters approve in 2010, District Court and state Supreme Court judges would be nominated by a special-interest dominated committee, and the Governor would have to pick one of […]

The Las Vegas Review-Journal recently polled lawyers in Clark County, Nevada to find out which system they favored for selecting judges: democratic elections, where voters decide, or a “merit selection” system, where a committee of lawyers vets candidates in secret and then sends an approved list to the governor.
Guess what? Lawyers think they ought […]