Choosing Supreme Court Judges: Is there a Better Way?

Is there another way to pick Supreme Court Justices?

This 4.40 minute radio actuality with WISTAX President Todd Berry discusses the report and explains how other states choose justices and if those systems are any better than those we use in Wisconsin.

In this audiocast, Berry answers the following questions:

1. WISTAX recently conducted a review of how states select Supreme Court Justices. What did you learn?
2. How do other states select their justices?
3. In Wisconsin, some people are advocating for a merit-based approach to selecting Supreme Court justices. What is that and how does it work?
4. What are the benefits and problems with merit-based selection of judges?
5. Will merit-based selection make campaigns cleaner or more honest?
6. Why are the Supreme Court elections so contentious?
7. What is the best solution to selecting Supreme Court justices?

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Wisconsin
• Supreme
• Court
• Judges
• Selection
• Comparison
• WISTAX
• Taxpayers
• Alliance