Judicial Independence
Minnesota’s judicial system was designed to keep judges and justices impartial in their decisions of cases and independent from the other two branches of government.
- Judges should be free to decide cases from political pressure, influence of special interests, and interference from other branches of government.
- Judges should rule dispassionately, applying the rule of law, not their own personal beliefs, and treat all who come before them equally under the law.
- Judges serve as guardians for the Constitution and provide justice for all
Yet judicial elections have continuously become more partisan and expensive, and it is just a matter of time before the high expenditures and negative attacks infiltrate Minnesota, bringing with it a judiciary influenced by special interests and partisan politics.
