No judicial selection system can eliminate ideological influence.

Evidence

Judges in the United States may be appointed or elected; they may be chosen by political officials, by “merit selection,” or by popular vote. But no selection system altogether banishes political or ideological considerations; different selection systems may affect who exercises political influence, but not whether it will be exercised. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 369

Categorization

• XREF: Builds toward the course emphasis on judges as policy actors—ties to ch.1 claim about judges creating law. — connects to: Evidence that selection mode shapes judicial decisions is mixed and inconclusive — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 446; No judicial selection system fully eliminates political influence — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 498; Merit selection transforms rather than removes politics from judicial selection — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 439

Broader Connections

• No judicial selection system fully eliminates political influence #corroborates (0.98) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 498
• Merit selection transforms rather than removes politics from judicial selection #corroborates (0.90) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 439