Statement #1: How judges are chosen differs between the federal and state system and even from state to state.

Question #1: Do you see any ethical issues triggered by whether a judge has a lifetime appointment, as in the federal system, or is elected, as in many state systems?

Question #2: Which method do you think is fairer and why?

Statement #2: : The nine justices of the United States Supreme, all of whom were appointed, went to three Ivy League law schools: four went to Harvard, four went to Yale, and one started at Harvard but graduated from Columbia.

Question #1: Does this fact affect your answer to the questions in Statement #1? Explain why or why not.