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MR. CORY: Mr. Winters, do you have any
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problem in Missouri or do they have any problem in
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Missouri getting good qualified lawyers to go on the
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bench for a short period of six years?
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MR. WINTERS: Well, they did before they had
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this tenure provision, because there was no assurance
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that someone would not come along and take the office
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away from them. But with the assurance of tenure by
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non-competitive election, they do not have that problem,
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and good lawyers do take judicial office.
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MR. CORY: Well, is it possible that if they
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finish the tenure of six years, that some other lawyer
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could go to a nominating commission and ask that he be
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put on the ballot?
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MR. WINTERS: No, that could not be done.
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MR. CORY: That cannot be done?
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MR. WINTERS: The only way that the man can
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get on, is if the voters would reject the man who is in
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office, then the commission would have the duty of nomi-
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nating someone to take his place.
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MR. CORY: It would have to be a special
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