"Judicial Campaigns Bring Out the Worst"

Louisiana elects judges at all levels, which obviously creates some potential problems, but given some of the politicians who would have otherwise appointed judges, it was kind of a wash. Earlier I noted that one of the Supreme Court candidates was cited for violating judicial conduct rules. James Gill notes in today's Times-Picayune that in our most recent judicial elections in Orleans and Jefferson Parish, both of the winners were subject to public statements by the Judicial Campaign Oversight Committee.