The judicial independence through fair appointments act.(Rethinking Judicial Selection: A Critical Appraisal of Appointive Selection for State Court Judges) From: Fordham Urban Law Journal | Date: January 1, 2007| Author: Greene, Norman L. | COPYRIGHT 2007 Fordham Urban Law Journal. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

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Minnesota has chosen to select its judges through contested popular elections instead of through an appointment system or a combined appointment and retention election system.... If the State has a problem with judicial impartiality, it is largely one the State brought upon itself by continuing the practice of popularly electing judges. (1)

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