11.   Buchanan proposed having judges be appointed for eight years, then be eligible for recall elections.

12.   Bush opposes appointment of state judges, though, thanks to resignations, Texas governors get to appoint judges to many vacancies.

13.   But appointing judges has not caught on nationwide.

14.   But Bush has taken heat for sidestepping abortion questions and has been pressed repeatedly for failing to promise he would appoint anti-abortion judges and select an anti-abortion running mate.

15.   But many serve on temporary assignment from the lower-level Criminal Court, whose judges are appointed and reappointed by City Hall.

16.   California Gov. Gray Davis shocked some legal scholars and high-powered members of the Legislature by saying he had a litmus test for appointing state judges.

17.   Early in the scramble for the White House, Dole charged that Clinton had appointed federal judges who are overly lenient with criminals.

18.   Dole has repeatedly promised that if elected, he would appoint conservative judges to the bench, and he reiterated that vow Wednesday night.

19.   Federal judges are appointed for life, while trial judges in Florida are elected.