Argument: Elections and campaigning distracts judges from responsibilities

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“Should we elect judges?”. Belief Net. June 9, 2009: “there’s the issue that election campaigning isn’t always the best use of a judge’s time. We expect our judges to handle a lot of cases in a given year, and the need, in a hotly-contested race, to make speeches, travel to meet with constituent groups, give access to the media for interviews etc. means a portion, possibly a large one, of the judge’s time and attention during an election year are going to be demanded by the campaign itself.”