tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post2248802108442902167..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-63243909190151863212008-04-28T21:30:00.000-05:002008-04-28T21:30:00.000-05:00Torrey Bauer is not a judge in Kosciusko County. He is only a candidate. Please correct your post.Bobbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10651001679365507039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-83505277831846207712008-04-22T21:24:00.000-05:002008-04-22T21:24:00.000-05:00Sir Hailstorm, I have to agree. The so-called merit system is just politics behind closed doors, the worst kind of politics. Why is it the Governor always gets his pick on the list of finialists? It's becuase it's not trule a merit system. Never was. Remember Bayh getting his private attorney on the Supreme Court, someone who had zero judicial experience?<BR/><BR/>The feds actually do it a lot better than Indiana and the other Missouri Plan states.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08899023066910200507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-53719869413104368302008-04-22T08:40:00.000-05:002008-04-22T08:40:00.000-05:00"A merit selection system will have to do."<BR/><BR/>My rhetorical question for you, Gary, as a legal professional:<BR/><BR/>Who will select these judges on their merits, and to go one step further, who will select the selectors?Sir Hailstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16301073859882785758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-15000238430348777052008-04-22T08:09:00.000-05:002008-04-22T08:09:00.000-05:00Sure would have been nice to have left those comments, sanitized as necessary, to show the author's character rather than erase them. <BR/><BR/>It's as if you've emptied the dumpster before anyone else had a chance to dig through the refuse.Bart Lieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01294734264133374462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1999620034383576212008-04-22T06:41:00.000-05:002008-04-22T06:41:00.000-05:00Bopp is correct that the judicial restriction is hard to square against the Free Speech Clause. That doesn't bother me so much as the Disciplinary Commission going after attorneys who criticize judges publicly. Remember the "Mickey Mouse" case out of Warrent Township.<BR/><BR/>The lack of respect our Supreme Court and the Disciplinary Commission has for attorney free speech is appalling. If Bopp's case indirectly helps inform the Supreme Court that the 1st Amendment does apply to attorneys too, that's a good thing.<BR/><BR/>If you're a judge and you can't handle criticism, you need to get off the bench.<BR/><BR/>As a side note, I would say that Certo (a complete lack of experience) and Bradford (not a very good trial judge with some whacky rulings) were two of the stranger Daniels' appointments.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08899023066910200507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-57755873061984457832008-04-21T22:48:00.000-05:002008-04-21T22:48:00.000-05:00Because of Wilson Allen's abusive comments, the moderation of comments feature has been turned on. Don't even think about posting a comment on this blog again, Wilson.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-44480171854593260862008-04-21T22:19:00.000-05:002008-04-21T22:19:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/14214029150233485312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-54835723973202467352008-04-21T22:11:00.000-05:002008-04-21T22:11:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Wilson46201https://www.blogger.com/profile/14214029150233485312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-42086729935163172412008-04-21T21:18:00.000-05:002008-04-21T21:18:00.000-05:00I hope people remember this when it comes time to vote for or against Mitch Daniels ......artfugginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05364503656694166926noreply@blogger.com