New Book on Judicial "Merit Selection" Nominating Commissions

"Judicial Merit Selection: Institutional Design and Performance for State Courts" is a new book by Greg Goelzhauser, a Political Science Professor at Utah State University.

The publisher, Temple University Press writes: "In Judicial Merit Selection, Greg Goelzhauser amasses a wealth of data to examine merit selection’s institutional performance from an internal perspective. While his previous book, Choosing State Supreme Court Justices, compares outcomes across selection mechanisms, here he delves into what makes merit selection unique—its use of nominating commissions to winnow applicants prior to gubernatorial appointment."