Federalist Society Panel Discussion: Judicial Selection, Federal and State

Authors

Meryl J. Chertoff, Georgetown University
William K. Kelley, Notre Dame Law SchoolFollow
William P. Marshall, University of North Carolina School of Law
Harold F. See Jr., Supreme Court of Alabama
Diane S. Sykes, United States Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Document Type

Discussion

Publication Date

2009

Publication Information

32 Am. J. Trial Advoc. 453 (2009).

Abstract

This panel discussion, selected from The Federalist Society's annual National Lawyers Convention, addresses the issue of judicial selection versus election at both the federal and state level. Panelists consider what, if anything, can be done to repair the federal judicial appointment process and address the longstanding debate at the state level over election versus appointment of judges. Finally, panelists reflect on whether merit selection is the answer or whether it would surrender the last vestiges of democratic control over the judiciary to a special interest elite.

Comments

One of four Showcase Panel discussions at the National Lawyers Convention of The Federalist Society held November 20, 2008 in Washington, D.C.

Recommended Citation

Meryl J. Chertoff, William K. Kelley, William P. Marshall, Harold F. See Jr. & Diane S. Sykes, Federalist Society Panel Discussion: Judicial Selection, Federal and State, 32 Am. J. Trial Advoc. 453 (2009)..
Available at: https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/law_faculty_scholarship/1659