Litigation

Thursday Gavel Grab Briefs

By Peter Hardin

In these other dispatches about fair and impartial courts:

• An election for a juvenile court judgeship in Hamilton County, Ohio was “thrown into chaos” by conflicting orders from the state Supreme Court and from a federal district judge on how to count disputed ballots that could determine victory, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported.

• Justice Roberto Rivera-Soto of the New Jersey Supreme Court has tempered his stance and is no longer abstaining, completely, from voting on cases in protest over what he considers the current unconstitutional makeup of the court, according to a Newark Star-Ledger article. For background, check out Gavel Grab.

• You can expect an onslaught of analysis and commentary soon on the first anniversary Jan. 21 of the Supreme Court’s landmark campaign finance ruling in Citizens United v. FEC. JAS partner Brennan Center for Justice reminded Gavel Grab of the date.

Full post as published by The Gavel on January 13, 2011 (boomark / email).