 | Virginia State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1915 - 426 pages
...otherwise, such charges should be encouraged and the person making them should be protected. 2. TJie Selection of Judges. — It is the duty of the Bar...the Bench ; and it should strive to have elevated thereto only those willing to forego other employments, whether of a business, political or other character,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - Judges - 1984 - 756 pages
...special responsibility to aid in the selection of only those who are qualified. It is the duty of lawyers to endeavor to prevent political considerations from...outweighing judicial fitness in the selection of judges. Lawyers should protest earnestly against the appointment or election of those who are unsuited for... | |
 | John Brigham - Political Science - 2010 - 278 pages
...quickly and by the turn of the century the association was able to announce that "The duty of the Bar is to endeavor to prevent political considerations from...outweighing judicial fitness in the selection of judges." The ABA not only set standards but entered the selection process with their claim of special competence.... | |
 | Charles H. Sheldon - Judges - 420 pages
...Association adopts the ABA 's Code of Ethics, Chapter 126, Session Laws, 1921, Sec. 15, p. 415: "Canon II, The Selection of Judges. It is the duty of the bar...endeavor to prevent political considerations from out-weighingjudicial fitness in the selection of judges. It should protest earnestly and actively against... | |
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The Selection of Judges. It is the duty of the Bar to endeavor to prevent political considerations from outweighing judicial fitness in the selection of Judges. It should protest earnestly and actively against the appointment or election of those who... 
