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for disability or misconduct, then the actual length of

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term does not matter very much.

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THE CHAIRMAN: But if you have a competitive

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election, is there any thought on the length of term

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that you have in a competitive election?

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MR. WINTERS: Then I would tend to favor

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longer terms because of the inability to get any quali-

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fied lawyer with a good practice, to give up his practice

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and go on the bench for a short term with the prospect

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of being beaten at the next election.

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MR. GORY: I would think it would be certainly

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difficult to get.

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MRS. EOTHE: May we have your comment on the

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desirable methods of removal of judges for physical

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or mental disability or competence?

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MR. WINTERS: Well, of course, impeachment,

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which is the only thing available in most of the states,

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is woefully inadequate and I do not think anybody

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questions that. And the best system that has been

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devised was the one that was adopted in California in

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1960, which established a commission on judicial