Patrick O’Callahan (Inside Opinion blog, 10-29) wondered if there is some unspoken Emily Post rule that more or less forbids lawyers to run against seated judges. Let me suggest the much more pragmatic reason that I heard lawyers voice in the town where I used to live: fear of losing the election and then losing cases – and money and one’s livelihood – when facing that judge in his courtroom.
I served for 20-plus years as a councilman in a Midwestern town of 27,000 people. I ran against and beat 15- and 30-year incumbents. Moral: If teed off enough with a politician, run against him. And beat him.
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