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Editorial Urges Judicial Reform in Texas
Posted on March 13, 2009An El Paso Times editorial is calling for judicial selection reforms in Texas. The huge donations that have been poured into judicial elections could create the perception of bias in certain cases, the editorial argues. This concern was epitomized by Caperton v...
West Virginia to Consider Public Finance System
Posted on March 13, 2009With national attention on judicial reforms, the West Virginia Legislature is considering a public finance system for judicial elections, an article by LegalNewsline.com reports. The Senate Judiciary Committee may hear a bill to publicly fund judicial candidates...
links for 2009-03-13
Posted on March 13, 2009New Report on Rockefeller Drug Laws - TalkLeft: The Politics Of Crime Letter - West Virginia Courts - NYTimes.com The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times : Leahy Vows to Name Names if Nominees Are Delayed Supreme Court candidates clash - JSOnline WUWM: News - Abrahamson Defends, Koschnick Challenges in Debate Another Chapter in Our Judicial Debate - WVNS-TV - [...
links for 2009-03-12
Posted on March 12, 2009ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society: Souter on the Humanities, Serving on the Court Gov. Crist to fill Supreme Court post - South Florida - MiamiHerald.com Judging . . . A Good Job, But Could it Be Safer? - Law Blog - WSJ ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society: Ethics Inquiries Plague Washington Justice Judges [...
links for 2009-03-11
Posted on March 11, 2009PARADE Magazine | Can Judges Be Bought? LegalNewsline | Ads hit the airwaves in Wisconsin Supreme Court race WKOW 27: April election looming, many voters undecided Punish Judge Kent: Rogue jurist should be impeached | Editorial | Chron...
links for 2009-03-10
Posted on March 10, 2009judgesonmerit.org » Morning Call Urges Merit Selection How to add spice to Ginsburg story — The Carnegie Legal Reporting Program at Newhouse The Rovian Judiciary?By Scott Horton (Harper's Magazine) Judicial Recusals & Free Speech Cases — How Appealing Judiciary awaits reforms - The Journal Texas Court of Criminal Appeals judge's actions called into question | News for Dallas, Texas | [...
A Well-Intended ?Jihad??
Posted on March 10, 2009A very troublesome suggestion to impeach federal judge Jay Bybee (left). first floated in a Slate magazine column in January, has gained support from Credo Action, a progressive organization. Its new online form enables visitors to contact Congress to urge impeachment...
States Eye ?Nullification? of Federal Court Decisions
Posted on March 10, 2009State legislative opposition to federal judicial decisions is nothing new. This year, however, several states have seen resolutions introduced that hint or outright consider the “nullification” of federal court decisions that are opposed by the legislature, the U...
What Polls Are Saying About Recusal
Posted on March 09, 2009In a previous Gavel Grab posting, Justice at Stake intern Lissette Villarruel noted that the following online poll is being conducted by Parade magazine. While admittedly unscientific, its numbers are similar to more rigorous national polls sponsored by USA Today and Justice at Stake...
PA Judges? Scandal Prompts Call for New Selection Method
Posted on March 09, 2009Our friends at Choose Judges on Merit, the blog of Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts, have flagged this editorial in the Allentown Morning Call. Responding to the horrific case of two state judges who pleaded guilty to sending youths to a privately run detention center as part of a kickback scheme, the Morning Call is urging a [...
Author of JAS Amicus Brief Discusses Court Hearing
Posted on March 09, 2009Elizabeth Wydra, of the Constitutional Accountability Center, appeared last week on Fox News to discuss Caperton v. Massey. Elizabeth authored an amicus brief co-signed by 27 civic reform groups, including Justice at Stake. To see Elizabeth’s interview, click this link to the CAC’s blog posting, or click the television icon above...
Wisconsin Judicial Race Still ?Tame,? Article Says
Posted on March 09, 2009With a month to go, the closely watched Wisconsin Supreme Court race has been ?relatively tame,? according to an article by the Associated Press. Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson maintains a sizeable fund-raising advantage over her opponent, Jefferson County Circuit Judge Randy Koschnick...
Parade Cites JAS, Places Spotlight on Recusal
Posted on March 09, 2009Parade magazine has cited Justice at Stake in an article on Caperton v. Massey, the case on special interest spending and the courts that was argued last week in the U.S. Supreme Court. In an online poll, more than 90 percent of participating Parade readers say judges should not handle cases involving contributors...
Caperton Attorneys Speak on C-Span
Posted on March 09, 2009Andrew L. Frey and Theodore B. Olson, the lead attorneys in last week’s U.S. Supreme Court hearing in Caperton v. Massey spoke afterward to reporters. Excerpts were aired Saturday on C-span’s “America and the Courts” program. To see the interviews, click here.
links for 2009-03-07
Posted on March 07, 2009Are some judges for sale? | Reporter-Times / MD Times judgesonmerit.org » Major PA Newspapers Call for Merit Selection The Collapse of the "Good Faith" Excuse for Yoo (Bybee, Delahunty) — Balkinization Doyle keynotes Abrahamson fund raiser Tuesday - JSOnline Legal Pad: Justices Sound Ready to Uphold Prop 8 Recapping the Prop...
California Court Seen Likely to Uphold Proposition 8
Posted on March 06, 2009The California Supreme Court seemed disinclined to overturn the controversial Proposition 8, which bans gay marriage, but appeared willing to uphold the marriages of same-sex couples before the revision passed in November. According to an article in the Los Angeles Times, crowds of both protesters and supporters of the divisive amendment gathered before City Hall as [...
Caperton v. Massey: a Media Review
Posted on March 06, 2009?Is justice for sale?? This question has echoed through recent years as judicial elections have become increasingly nasty and expensive. It has reached a crescendo in recent weeks, as reporters, columnists and editorial writers have reviewed the case of Caperton v...
Minnesota Considers Judicial Reforms
Posted on March 06, 2009Minnesota is pushing judicial reforms in light of the ?rough-and-tumble? politics that have defined Wisconsin?s recent judicial elections, according to an article on MinnPost.com. The state Senate Judiciary Committee is considering proposals to amend Minnesota?s constitution to enforce reforms that would ?buffer? the state from the national trend towards nasty, politicized judicial elections...
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Speaks on Female Judges
Posted on March 06, 2009The Harvard Law Review covered Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse’s keynote speech at the Third Annual Women’s Law Association Conference last month. The speech, entitled “What Judges Know,” discussed the role of women in the judiciary...
Editorials Decry ?Justice for Sale,? Urge Recusal Reform
Posted on March 06, 2009Three editorials have called for recusal reform, arguing that the current judicial election system has led the public to believe that justice is for sale. The inspiration for these opinions is Caperton v. Massey, a West Virginia case involving a coal company CEO who spent $3 million to help elect a state supreme court justice who [...
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