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their political organization because the governor is
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the top man in the political organization that won the
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last election. A few of the governors have realized
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that judicial appointments ought not to be political
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because the judiciary ought to be above politics. And
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it is difficult, nevertheless, for them to make these
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appointments free from political considerations, because
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political pressures are constantly on a governor and
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so surprisingly, some of these men have found that it
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was equally advantageous to them to set up an advisory
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commission to which they could turn for counsel in
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making judicial appointments, and to which they could
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refer people who came to then asking for judicial
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appointments and say, well, I agree to take my appoint-
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ments from this nominating commission.
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THE CHAIRMAN: Is this what you referred to
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earlier as the voluntary system?
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MR. WINTERS: Yes, but that is only to the
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extent that the governor wants to do it on his own free
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will and it is not any substitute for a constitutional
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plan which would be put in the judicial structure of
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