Edit: Is This The Way To Hire Judges?
By the time voters go to the polls May 20, they will face eight judicial election campaigns - including Boise attorney William (Breck) Seiniger's challenge to Supreme Court Justice Joel Horton, and in north central Idaho, former 2nd District Judge John Bradbury's run against 2nd District Court Judge Jeff Brudie. It's been 32 years since Idaho had that many judicial contests. Didn't know that, did you? Here's something else you may not know: most judges win election in a primary. Nowhere else is that the case. Not for governor. Not for state legislator. Not for county commissioner. Idaho leaves those decisions to the voters who show up for the general election in November. But when it comes to the judiciary, any candidate who nails down a simple majority in the primary is elected/Marty Trillhaase, Lewiston Tribune. More here.
Question: Should Idaho appoint rather than elect its Supreme Court justices?