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instance to give them the benefit of their evaluation

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of their work, because it is the lawyers who are in

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court and see this than in action and who have an oppor-

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tunity to know how good a job he is doing, and so they

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do offer professional evaluation of the judges, those

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that are publicized and have been effective in guiding

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the vote.

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MR. MARTINEAU: Am I correct in saying that

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those occasions, two occasions, I believe, in which the

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voters have rejected a judge, have been the only two

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occasions in which the bar has disapproved of the judge?

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In other words, the voters have in every case followed

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the recommendations of the bar?

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MR. WINTERS: I believe that is true, yes.

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The only times in which the judge did not get a favor-

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able vote were those two instances, in which the voters

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went along with them.

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MRS. BOTHE: What is the composition of the

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nominating commissions generally? Do they have a pattern

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of lawyers predominating, do they have judges on them,

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do they have core laymen than lawyers? What is the