Explain how judges were selected in colonial America.

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To understand how judges are selected in the United States, it is helpful to look at how judges were selected in colonial America. During the colonial era, judges in the American colonies were appointed by the King of England and served at his will. The control the king had over the judiciary and the direct control he had over the decisions handed down by colonial judges were sources of great concern and frustration for the colonists. The injustices brought about by this system angered the colonists to the extent that the lack of judicial independence of colonial judges was one of the enumerated grievances raised in the Declaration of Independence.

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