Comments on: Partisan Judges? http://www.judgesonmerit.org/2009/10/30/partisan-judges/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Making the move to merit selection for all appellate judges in Pennsylvania Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ron Reyer http://www.judgesonmerit.org/2009/10/30/partisan-judges/comment-page-1/#comment-1382 Ron Reyer Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:33:13 +0000 http://judgesonmerit.org/?p=500#comment-1382 I think that electing judges on merit is a good idea. Who gets to determine what merit is? The third definition of merit from Dictionary.com states: "3. merits, the inherent rights and wrongs of a matter, as a lawsuit, unobscured by procedural details, technicalities, personal feelings, etc.: The case will be decided on its merits alone." In the morally relativistic society that we have become thanks to the ACLU's successful campaign against the 10 commandments; there are less and less rigid rights and wrongs - just shades of gray. This is the very crux of the battle between conservatives and liberals. The only way that electing judges on merit can be advocated is first to restore a judicial frame of reference. It's unlikely that short a catastrophic correction in public opinion that this will happen any time soon. I think that electing judges on merit is a good idea. Who gets to determine what merit is? The third definition of merit from Dictionary.com states:
“3. merits, the inherent rights and wrongs of a matter, as a lawsuit, unobscured by procedural details, technicalities, personal feelings, etc.: The case will be decided on its merits alone.” In the morally relativistic society that we have become thanks to the ACLU’s successful campaign against the 10 commandments; there are less and less rigid rights and wrongs – just shades of gray. This is the very crux of the battle between conservatives and liberals. The only way that electing judges on merit can be advocated is first to restore a judicial frame of reference. It’s unlikely that short a catastrophic correction in public opinion that this will happen any time soon.

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