Judges and Judiciary
Jul. 14, 2023
Discipline trial points up issues with elected judges, some say
“The elective process is corrupted by populism, whereas the appointment process is corrupted by politics and patronage, but in my view the elective process is more likely to produce truly awful judges,” said Jon Eisenberg, retired appellate attorney.
Underlying a judicial discipline trial unfolding in a Sacramento courtroom is an issue that frequently attends intra-court problems: judges who are deemed to have circumvented a governor’s selection process by getting elected to the bench.
There are those who view elected judges as having not been sufficiently vetted for service. There also is sometimes tension because an elected judge was able to take a bench seat that some thought should...
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