1.   The will of the people is also reflected in the elected officials the voters have chosen to select the judges.

2.   And so, he said, he created a special lottery to select the judge who would handle the case.

3.   Brazil and Argentina are considering laws to create judicial watchdog councils and to select judges on merit.

4.   Cayce said informed voters at the ballot box do consider personality, qualifications and political beliefs in selecting judges.

5.   Clinton, in contrast, has selected few judges from academia.

6.   Critics said he also played a key role in helping to select federal judges, most of whom are strongly anti-abortion.

7.   Defense lawyers have said that if a new judge is selected, then they intend to try to move the trial outside Oklahoma.

8.   En route to preliminary approval of the proposed change, House members killed three attempts to tinker with the way state district judges are selected.

9.   Fifteen judges were selected, five for each of three separate trials, without consideration of their professional qualifications, human rights groups asserted.

10.   Giuliani said that, even as the judiciary preserves its independence from other branches of government, he should be allowed the same independence in selecting judges.