Guest commentary: Were the judges too judicial?

Guest commentary: Were the judges too judicial?

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Did the judges who were assigned under the Missouri Constitution to draw new districts for the state Senate and House of Representatives commit "political malpractice" by not taking politics into account? Were they too "judicial" for their own good?

Odd questions, to be sure, but the entire process is strange and leads to a fundamental question: Why judges?

The oddest irony is that judges — who have been criticized by some legislators for years for being too "political" in their judgments — are under attack for not being political enough.

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