The legal battle has attracted national attention due in part to the plaintiff's claim that tens of thousands of North Carolina voters shouldn't have been allowed to cast a ballot in November.
Griffin, who for now remains a judge on the state Court of Appeals,
The fact that a judge is doing this somehow makes this so much worse. I would be constantly be questioning this judge’s impartiality on basically any topic.
Of course, that’s just one of those idealisms. That judges and courts are above the fray. It looks like NC Court of Appeals judges are elected anyway. In partisan elections, at that. Which is insane to me for judges. Non-partisan retention elections are about as far as I’d go involving elections for the judiciary.
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The fact that a judge is doing this somehow makes this so much worse. I would be constantly be questioning this judge’s impartiality on basically any topic.
Of course, that’s just one of those idealisms. That judges and courts are above the fray. It looks like NC Court of Appeals judges are elected anyway. In partisan elections, at that. Which is insane to me for judges. Non-partisan retention elections are about as far as I’d go involving elections for the judiciary.