Arkansas Considering Ending Judicial Elections

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette is reporting that "in the aftermath of state Supreme Court races rife with negative advertising funded by out-of-state groups, a special legal task force is recommending that Arkansas end elections for its top court." The idea behind electing judges is to make them accountable to the people, but as more and more special interest groups spend money on these campaigns, questions are being raised as to whether judges are truly accountable to the people when their election is so heavily dependent on money from special interest groups.