Government,
Judges and Judiciary
May 24, 2022
Educating voters in judicial elections
Bench officers have the ability to, among other things, lock someone up for life, tear families apart, and turn off life support systems. They impact the civil and criminal landscapes as profoundly as the legislature. We need to know more about judicial candidates than we do now.
Anthony J. Mohr
Judge (ret.)
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Judge Mohr currently is a fellow at the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard.
We’re seeing it again this year, as usual.
At the bottom of Los Angeles County’s primary election ballot, thirty-four judicial candidates are competing for nine seats. That number includes three sitting judges who are facing election challenges. Since I spent over two decades on the Superior Court bench, friends ask me whom they should vote for. I’m happy to help. But for every person who reaches out to me, thousands more know almost noth...
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