Merit Retention Merit Retention is a system of appointing State Supreme Court Justices that was established in Florida in the 1970's. Whenever a State Supreme Court vacancy occurs, a Judicial Nominating Commission submits to the Governor the names of three to six nominees, from which he must select one to fill the opening. Once appointed, the new Justice's name will appear on the ballots in the next election, with the question, of whether or not he or she should remain on the bench. New Justices face their first merit retention vote as soon as the next statewide general election is...
on the State Supreme Court, we could have her or him removed. The system itself is far to imperfect to be applied at a national level though. Perhaps in time a better system will be thought up. References Florida Supreme Court. 2005, April.

Merit Retention and Mandatory Retirement of Justices of the Florida Supreme Court. Florida Supreme Court.org. Retrieved April 7th, 2005 from the World Wide Web://www.floridasupremecourt.org/ justices/merit.shtml Webster, Peter D. 1995. Selection and Retention of Judges: Is there one "best" Method? Florida State University Law Review. Retreived April 7th, 2005 from the World Wide Web: http://www.law.fsu.edu/journals/ lawreview/issues/231/ webster.html