CED Trustee Landon Rowland appeared as a guest on the Dylan Ratigan Show to discuss the corrupting influences of money in the election of judges. Please click here to view the video.

By Charles Kolb for the Huffington Post

Can American state judges be bought, legally? The answer to that question is not entirely clear. The fact that the answer is not a resounding "no" is a serious problem for the integrity of our state judicial system. The sad truth is that far too often justice is for sale in American courts, and the public barely expresses outrage.

By Rod Hills for the Huffington Post

In recent years there have been repeated efforts that threaten the independence of our state judiciary systems. Groups in Missouri, Arizona and Iowa, for example, have sought to replace long standing merit selection systems with the direct election of judges. Another group, the American Justice Partnership has criticized the Open Society Institute for supporting merit selection of judges on the ground that the Institute is attempting to take away the right to vote.