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Reforms
Replace
Incumbent Judges
[This is a digest of the chapter in the book]
There is only one way to persuade judges to change their attitude: boot them
out of office. That will not be easy. In fact it will be very hard to do.
Practicing attorneys fear running against an incumbent judge because they
know running against the "incumbent" generally is a lost cause and
because judges retaliate against challengers. But there is a way to defeat
incumbent judges without forcing practicing attorneys to suffer heavy damage
to their careers.
In the movie "Brewster's Millions", Richard Prior plays the part
of a millionaire who conducts a political campaign in which he urges people
to vote for "None of the Above." They did and None of the Above
won. Voters can defeat incumbent judges and force them from office by voting
for the same fictitious person. Voters can write in the name of a fictitious
person in the space for a write-in vote just below the name of each incumbent
judge who is running for re-election and has no opponent.
According to the Minnesota Secretary of State, each write-in vote must be
counted even if it is for a fictitious person. If the majority of votes is
for a fictitious person that person is declared the winner. Because the fictitious
person doesn't exist, the office becomes vacant. (Office of the Secretary
of State, Elections, 651 215-1440; Minn. Laws, § 204C.19) In the case
of a judgeship, that means the governor appoints a replacement.
Mickey Mouse is our candidate. He is an honest fellow who has a good sense
of humor. You may wonder about his qualifications to be a judge. Actually,
it doesn't make any difference. If you are like most voters, you don't know
anything either about the qualifications of the judge who is running for re-election.
However, you may feel squeamish about voting for a cartoon character. An alternative
is "New Judge." His qualifications are the same but his name is
more dignified. This matter is open for comment.
Other
Reforms?
Other reforms that can improve our court and legal system are proposed and
discussed in our website: www.mncourtreform.org/. Please let us know what
you think of these additional reforms and what reforms you think would help.
Write to us at: dalenathan@usfamily.net.
Select the reforms you are interested in reading about, or scroll down to read about all of the reforms:
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