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In today’s editorial about a Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice’s recent remarks from the bench during a case involving the death penalty, the Philadelphia Inquirer takes a swing at judicial elections: “This case illustrates. . . how electing judges isn’t the best way to gauge their temperament for the job.” Although the editorial did not discuss either the electoral process or Merit Selection in any detail, its concluding words, identifying a big problem with judicial elections, pack a powerful punch.

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