Good Judges Matter!
Judges have great power over our laws and our lives - making decisions affecting our community safety, environment, health care, jobs and schools. And we have the power to choose who sits on the bench!
Our judges are on the front lines for many critically important decisions for communities. Judges also have the power to make sure everyone is treated fairly in the courtroom - providing justice for those who have been wronged and protecting our courts from junk lawsuits.
Judges wield extraordinary and largely unchallenged power. Decisions of our highest state court are final and set the law for our state unless the case is reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court. A few judges can even invalidate a law approved by the Legislature. And these decisions can last for generations.
Good judges are the foundation of a properly functioning justice system.
The role of a judge is to apply and uphold the law as written - and not to create broad new laws through far-fetched legal opinions that may be based on narrow circumstances of a single legal case.
Judges should ensure that all parties are treated fairly.
Judges have the power to provide justice for those who have been wronged and protect our courts from abuse by dismissing junk lawsuits that clog our courts and delay justice for the truly injured.
Judicial elections give citizens an important voice in determining who represents their interests in the legal system.
Citizens choose who is protecting Louisiana's interests in the legal system.
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