Nice overview of the "Tennessee Plan" by a Knoxville attorney, though I disagree with his implication that selection by committee (aka "merit selection") and certainly Tennessee's current constitution-scoffing system, is a "republican" concept. There's no doubt, however, that election by judges in contested elections can be characterized as "democratic."
Unfortunately, Mr. Schmid fails to address glaring inconsistencies between a Federal model for selecting judges and the requirements for judicial selection which are spelled out in our state constitution.
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