1.   Federal judges are appointed, while state judges are elected.

2.   Judges are normally appointed as chairmen of those numerous committees which are concerned with reform of substantive law or legal procedure.

3.   The President is empowered to appoint judges to the Supreme Court.

4.   The question of appointing judges to a constitutional court was left undecided, since only the Congress chairman could nominate the judges.

5.   Although judges were appointed by the authorities at the remaining levels, they could be dismissed only if they broke the law themselves.

6.   And Bauer lets his audiences know that unlike some other candidates, such as Bush and Dole, he would use abortion as a litmus test in appointing judges.

7.   As for courts, de Mello last week swore in seven legal experts, including three Albanians and a Serb, to begin appointing the judges.

8.   At debates in New Hampshire and Iowa, the men vying for the Republican presidential nomination have been queried about whether they would appoint pro-life judges to the bench.

9.   Because federal judges are appointed for life, Claiborne could only be removed via impeachment.

10.   A system of appointing judges has been advanced periodically but seldom gets much attention.