The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

A Short Chapter on Judge-making [from 'Dr. Oldham at Greystone, and His Talk there']

"A Short Chapter on Judge-making [from 'Dr. Oldham at Greystone, and His Talk there']." New-York Saturday Press, February 18, 1860, 2.
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Type
newspaper
Genre
short fiction
Abstract

Two educated men discuss changing how judges are selected. The doctor argues that more frequent elections only cause the judges to make decisions that will be favored by the largest demographic.