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Welcome to the Elmo B. Hunter
Citizens Center for Judicial Selection

The Hunter Center for Judicial Selection was founded in 1991 to further the American Judicature Society's historic interest in judicial selection issues. Today the Center is a nationally recognized research center that conducts, synthesizes, and disseminates empirical research on a wide range of judicial selection issues. The center acts as a clearinghouse of information on judicial selection for state court administrators, lawmakers, the media, the legal and academic communities, and court reform organizations.

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JUDICIAL SELECTION NEWS

Texas Chief Justice Calls For Judicial Merit Selection
In an op-ed for The Dallas Morning News, Chief Justice Wallace B. Jefferson of the Texas Supreme Court, who has stood for election to that court three times, explains his preference for merit selection over judicial elections.
Posted 5/29/2009
Click here to read the op-ed.

 
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