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Voters urged to take local judgeship elections seriously

Original: Take local judgeship elections seriously. Local elections are the feeders to the big league courts and we are letting to

Commentators are pressing voters to pay attention to local judgeship elections, arguing that lower-court races act as feeders to higher courts and that unqualified candidates are slipping through. Critics point to cases of judges allowing immigration hearings where five-year-old children were left to defend themselves as evidence of the problem, calling for greater scrutiny of judicial candidates.

Why now: Concerns over judicial quality and immigration rulings are prompting renewed calls for voters to scrutinise down-ballot judicial races.

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• Take local judgeship elections seriously. Local elections are the feeders to the big league courts and we are letting too many shitty lawyers-cum-judges get a pass. (As evidenced by inhuman judges not putting a halt to immigration hearings where 5 year olds are defending… · lackattack · 4

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