Viewpoint: Missouri's Non-Partisan Court Plan -- A model for the nation

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Missouri is, of course, known as the "Show-Me State." Some 66 years ago, Missourians showed the nation a pioneering method for minimizing politics from the selection of judges: the Non-Partisan Court Plan. It remains, by any reasonable analysis, the most effective way of ensuring that judges remain as separate as possible from politics.

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