​Since the 2006 elections, when the courthouses were flooded with Democratic judges, many of those very same barristers have been trying to put the kibosh on the Dallas Bar Association's judicial evaluation poll. Why come? Well, they claim, among other things, that it's unfair, overtly political, a popularity contest, a poor indicator of judicial performance, too subjective and way too susceptible to grudge voting. They just wanted the danged thing adiosed. They did not get their way: Last wee
