Threat to Judiciary Averted

Yesterday I wrote about several state ballot initiatives that threatened the independence of judges. I am happy to report that these state initiatives lost in yesterday's election. Furthermore, the threat to the federal judiciary posed by a Republican-controlled House of Representatives (several months ago the House was considering various ways to control judges) is no longer. The Democrats took control of the House yesterday, and they presumably are not interested in meddling with the Judiciary Branch.