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Michael Shapiro

Oct 8, 2026

29:26
So Michael, when judges face public scrutiny for rulings or sentences in high profile cases, but the judicial evaluation process through the CBA finds them qualified, how should voters reconcile those seemingly conflicting perspectives?
29:44
Yeah.
29:44
And I think there's a couple of things to keep in mind there is that a high profile case is and have an unpopular decision, sometimes that decision is legally required by the law.
29:55
Some of those unpopular decisions are upheld on appeal.
29:57
It happens every month, every week in the courts in the state.
30:02
But more than that, does anybody want to be judged on just one case that they handle.
30:08
If you're a lawyer, if you work in a different field, do you want to be judged based on just one day of work? Or does your quality as an employee, and judges are employees of the county here, does your work as an employee reflect the entirety of what you do? We certainly take into consideration high profile and publicity for judges while making our recommendations.
32:10
Number one, do you get pushback? from the judges on this process, number one? And number two, how does the way you do it and we do it here locally compared to other jurisdictions?

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