Should voters decide who is on Michigan Supreme Court? Debate between former mayor and chief justice gets heated

Should voters decide who is on Michigan Supreme Court? Debate between former mayor and chief justice gets heated | MLive.com
Taylor calls the Michigan Judicial Selection Task Force recommendations “the product of the well-funded, politically-motivated” proponents of so-called merit selection of judges.
 The deciders of merit among judicial candidates would be heavy with lawyers who are not elected.
He said the proponents of merit selection tend to believe that law is complicated and “beyond the ken of common folks.”