“These two cases should be a warning to states that still choose their judges by popular elections. These states need to at least think about whether changes are needed in the system.”

~ Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, giving the keynote address at a Georgetown Law discussion on the effect of the Supreme Court decisions Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co.

(Earlier, O’Connor joked: “I step away for a couple of years and there’s no telling what’s going to happen!”)

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