31.   He is running radio ads pledging to appoint anti-abortion judges.

32.   However, unlike Bauer and Buchanan, neither is willing to commit to appointing federal judges who explicitly oppose abortion.

33.   In emphasizing his anti-abortion credentials, Forbes said he would appoint federal judges who believed the same way.

34.   In an appointed system, the governor or a public body would appoint top judges.

35.   In Maricopa and Pima counties, the governor appoints judges with the help of a commission.

36.   In New York most trial judges are elected, while top appellate judges are appointed by the governor.

37.   In fact, Presidents Reagan and Bush were far more ideological in appointing conservative judges than Clinton has been in naming moderates-to-liberals.

38.   In Tarrant and other counties with specialized family courts, the popularly elected family court judges appoint associate judges who help manage the caseloads.

39.   In the state court system, judges are appointed by politically elected officials and must be reappointed.

40.   Judges are appointed, but presidents hold office after winning a national election, after a majority of American citizens across the country have voted for the candidate.