Mr. Vance, joined over the years by like-minded reformers, also tried to persuade the State Legislature to replace the state's highly politicized system of electing lower state court judges with a more rational system of merit selection.
In the federal system, prosecutors are appointed by the President, generally on the recommendation of the state's senators (a potentially politicized process), and overseen by the Attorney General, often one of the most politically connected players in the executive branch (Robert Kennedy, Edwin Meese).
Eugene Keilin, former chairman of the Citizens Budget Commission and an alumnus of the fiscal crisis of the 1970's, said he considered it unfortunate that the state's budget problem had become so politicized.
Once these indictments reach Pakistani courts, they will surely be tested and scrutinized by defense lawyers whose ranks today are in a broad state of politicized opposition to the Pakistani security establishment.
But popular Christian culture, state supported politicized evangelicalism and even Biblical translations make patriarchal leadership (even in more progressive communities) the norm, not the exception.
The report notes that the Fordham Institute gave the state's history standards a grade of "D," calling it a "politicized distortion of history," that is "both unwieldy and troubling" while "offering misrepresentations at every turn".
This nasty, highly politicized race is raising serious questions about the impartiality of the state's highest court, which will likely rule on the new law eliminating most collective-bargaining rights for public employees.
Carmen DeZuzio, known as Butch in the surprisingly politicized world of antique cars, takes an extreme view of the state's floundering effort to tighten standards for auto emissions and safety.
Former governor Martin O'Malley, who oversaw the state's last redistricting effort, has recently called for nonpartisan redistricting, as well, even as he acknowledged that as governor he backed the politicized process that favored the state's majority party.
In the backdrop of current resentment against Nawaz Sharif lies a deep history of corrupt regimes and Pakistan's dysfunctional and politicized state institutions.
