Because the law is not a popularity contest. Or shouldn't be.
The current arguments before SCOTUS on whether states can restrict judges from directly soliciting campaign funds is illustrative of other reasons why judicial elections are problematic at best.
The Supreme Court Ponders Whether Judges Have a Free Speech Right to Panhandle
The election of judges is one of the odder quirks of American democracy, and plenty of people—including many judges themselves—think it’s a pretty bad idea to force supposedly impartial arbiters of justice to grovel for votes. The dubious ethics of judicial elections hasn’t stopped 39 states from holding judicial races,…
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