It Takes A Lot Of Money To Buy A Judge

I don't know how much you pay attention to elections. But of elections I can't imagine anyone paying much attention to judicial elections. There are very few folks who could name the judges in the appeals courts or state Supreme Court of your states. I'll bet most people can't even name the judge in their own county. And why should you? You don't expect to ever have to go to court. So on election day when you step into that booth and start picking candidates and you come to the section on judges, you vote for whichever party you belong to or you vote for the one who's name you recognize from the TV ads. Question is, was that an ad complaining that he is a terrible person unfit to be judge or was it the ad that said he's the best? If it's an ad you remember, it was probably an attack ad. Now why do you suppose PACs and Super PACs spend so much money on judicial elections? Even more important how can Super PACs spend millions on judicial elections but not divulge the names of the donors to the public. You can bet they divulge the names to the candidates they support. Why? Because they want some consideration in court after the election. So, therein lies the difficulty. Because while some judges won't play favorites, there is that possibility. And so far it has been proving to be the case that a whole lot more decisions are being made in favor of business interests than in the past. I can tell you this much, we all need to pay more attention to who we vote for and we need to speak out against money in Judicial elections. Better yet, lets appoint these judges based on merit.