Abstract
Scott Hawkins’s Perspective on Judicial Merit Retention in Florida makes a number of important points, one of which in particular warrants emphasis as Florida voters prepare to go to the polls to determine the fate of the justices and appellate judges standing for retention. The role a judge plays in our society is (and ought to be) fundamentally different from that played by a politician or other elected representative. Judges do not (and should not) have a constituency. They do not represent anyone; rather, their sole allegiance must be to the rule of law.
Recommended Citation
Peter D. Webster,
Judges Are (and Ought to Be) Different,
64 Fla. L. Rev.
12
(2012).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/flr/vol64/iss5/13