JUDGES  (CONT)

This was, Judge Nader wrote, "a classic scenario giving rise to every nuance of political influence in our courts which calls for self-disqualification."

The case is now before the Ohio Supreme Court. Mr. Meyerson, the executive, has given money to two of its justices as well.
A couple of weeks ago, the United States Supreme Court said the Constitution had nothing to say about the way New York elects its judges. But several justices went out of their way to question the practice of electing judges. Justices Anthony M. Kennedy and Stephen G. Breyer said, for instance, that campaign fund-raising in judicial elections might be at odds "with the perception and the reality of judicial independence and judicial excellence."

But you do not have to do away with elections and or even fund-raising to make a drastic improvement in the quality of justice in state courts around the nation. All you need to do is listen to Professor Palmer. If a judge has taken money from a litigant or a lawyer, Professor Palmer says, the judge has no business ruling on that person's case.

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