Under a 90-year-old convention system, voters do not choose judges on their ballots.

The scores of seven judges, chosen randomly by computer, count.

A compromise was eventually reached that the president should choose judges and the Senate confirm them.

First, second and third prizes are awarded by judges chosen from the audience.

Voters will no longer have their judges chosen by party bosses.

But the proposal has faced stiff opposition from local officials who say it is their right to choose judges.

Two, will you finally state unequivocally that you'll chose only pro-life judges?

Mr. Bush has sent mixed signals about how he will choose judges.

The idea of holding elections to choose judges sounds a lot better in theory than it works in practice.

But neither ideology nor political activity should be the sole, or even the main, criterion in choosing judges.