Former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen (D) and former Senator Fred Thompson (R) co-wrote an op-ed supporting the constitutional amendment to adopt a democratic appointment method for the state's appellate judges. Amendment 2, which will be on the ballot in November, would move the state closer to the method of judicial selection adopted in the US Constitution. As the President nominates federal judges subject to senate confirmation, similarly this amendment would have the Governor nominate judges subject to legislative confirmation.
As the op-ed says, Amendment 2 has wide support from a broad array of organizations and officials. Its chance of passage is encouraging to those of us who have been advocating this model of judicial selection for many years.
Judicial Selection, by Stephen Ware, a law professor at KU, in Lawrence, Kansas.
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