judgesonmerit.org » League of Women Voters of Philadelphia http://www.judgesonmerit.org Making the move to merit selection for all appellate judges in Pennsylvania Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:27:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 League of Women Voters and Philadelphia Bar Association Stand Up for Merit Selection http://www.judgesonmerit.org/2008/03/28/league-of-women-voters-and-philadelphia-bar-association-stand-up-for-merit-selection/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://www.judgesonmerit.org/2008/03/28/league-of-women-voters-and-philadelphia-bar-association-stand-up-for-merit-selection/#comments Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:50:49 +0000 Shira Goodman http://judgesonmerit.org/2008/03/28/league-of-women-voters-and-philadelphia-bar-association-stand-up-for-merit-selection/ In letters to the editor this week in the Philadelphia Daily News, the League of Women Voters of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Bar Association unequivocally state their support for Merit Selection of appellate judges. On behalf of the League, Melissa R. Hunsberger writes: “Merit selection advocates believe that judges should be chosen based upon their qualifications rather than their political connections and that in doing so judges are freed from political influence and thus promotes a fair and impartial judiciary.”

Kenneth Shear, Executive Director of the Philadelphia Bar Association notes, “[W]ith a new selection method in place, as 44 other states have shown, our judiciary might be populated not by the best fund-raisers, but truly the best and the brightest.”

We thank the League of Women Voters and the Philadelphia Bar Association for their ongoing support and plan to continue to work with them to bring before the people of Pennsylvania the question of how we should select appellate judges.

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