In the United States, almost 90 percent of state judges have to run in popular elections to remain on the bench. In the past decade, this peculiarly American institution has produced vicious multi-million-dollar political election campaigns and high-profile allegations of judicial bias and misconduct. The People's Courts traces the history of judicial elections and Americans' quest for an independent judiciary--one that would ensure fairness for all before the law--from the colonial era to the present.
In the aftermath of economic disaster, nineteenth-century reformers...
In the United States, almost 90 percent of state judges have to run in popular elections to remain on the bench. In the past decade, this peculiarl...
