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• But once the person is selected, at that point that person is independent.
• We are selected, but I grew up in California and in San Francisco and there was a system of electing judges.
• I mean, there are lots of people who get married who can't have children. To take a state that does allow adoption…
• There are loads of countries that have nice written constitutions like ours. But there aren't loads of countries where they're followed.
• Every citizen has to figure out what kind of government he or she wants.
• And the problem is once you get into this campaign business and begin to have a lot of money, then the person…
• Independence doesn't mean you decide the way you want.
• Independence means you decide according to the law and the facts.
• Nobody wants a judge to be subject to the political whim of the moment.
• Judges are appointed often through the political process
• We can speak about the institution, but ultimately the bar is the group that both is in touch with the public on…
• You can have many different selection systems, but the bottom line has to be a system that, once the judge takes office…

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