Court Opinion

ID: 9483917
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 09:35:26.347252+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:49:55.009329
License: Public Domain

KENNEDY, Circuit Judge,
concurring.
I concur in all of Judge Keith’s opinion except the last paragraph in Part II where *164he writes that the Court believes that the practice of appointing judges only from the governor’s party in making judicial appointments is unwise. Whether it is wise or unwise is not submitted to us for decision. The citizens of the State of Ohio have given the power to appoint interim judges to their elected governors. The wisdom of the governors’ policies will be judged in the voting booths.1

. The practice of appointing judges of the same party as the appointing officer is undisputed and is used by both major parties. The record discloses that the previous Ohio governor, a Democrat, appointed only members of the Democratic party. The present governor, a Republican, has appointed only two Democrats. On the federal level, presidents have appointed almost exclusively members of their own party and have campaigned on the issue of judicial appointments.