Until the day of merit selection comes, I am in favor of partisan judicial politics.
The ground rules should be changed to require merit selection and open up the job to highly qualified applicants worldwide.
Momentum is building for a system based on merit selection.
Bar associations and other groups are urging the Legislature to switch to a system of appointment known as merit selection.
And you do not, despite the title, get true merit selection.
Obviously, she was a merit selection, because few people can ski with their head inside a big fur fishbowl.
Only state legislation can make the merit selection of all judges a reality under the law.
The system would include screening of candidates' judicial qualifications, which supporters call "merit selection."
Up until 1971 when merit selection was implemented, judges were chosen by direct election of the people.
New York badly needs a system of merit selection run by accredited professional panels.