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Judges and Judiciary

Jun. 20, 2006

Judges Should Be Appointed for 12-Year Terms

Forum Column - By Jeffrey A. Lowe - On June 6, the voters of Los Angeles County voted out an incumbent Los Angeles Superior Court judge and replaced her with a candidate who has not practiced law for the last 10 years.

Forum Column

By Jeffrey A. Lowe
     

      On June 6, the voters of Los Angeles County voted out an incumbent Los Angeles Superior Court judge and replaced her with a candidate who has not practiced law for the last 10 years. This election result portends an issue that will confront California in the near future. That issue is whether politics and money should decide who is qualified to sit as a j...

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