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Election of Judges In Tennessee Is Rejected

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That's the title of a report in today's Tennessean by Chas Sisk.  LINKAn effort to directly elect high court judges in Tennessee has come up short, as state lawmakers voted to keep an independent panel to pick nominees to the bench.The Senate and the House approved a bill Thursday that would reinstate the Judicial Selection Commission under a new name and with new members, ending for now a nearly three-year fight in which critics have accused the courts of being out of step on issues such as abortion, diversity and the death penalty. The House voted 58-38, while the Senate voted 27-5.The new panel will have fewer seats reserved for lawyers and more members chosen by leaders in the state legislature. Supporters said this will reduce the power of "special interests," namely legal organizations that some say have produced a judiciary that is too liberal for the state...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on May 29, 2009 (boomark / email).