CAC Files Amicus Brief Supporting Supreme Court Review in WI John Doe Case
The brief focuses on the judicial recusal rules.
Category Archives: judicial elections
“Wisconsin attorney general asks US Supreme Court not to hear John Doe appeal”
“The Real Reason Why Judges Should Keep Quiet About Elections; The restrictions remind judges to aspire to be apolitical.”
Dahlia Lithwick and I have written this piece for Slate. It begins:
Late last week, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg tried to put the controversy over her recent criticisms of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump behind her, issuing… Continue reading
“New Report Finds State Court Judges Tend to Decide Election Cases Based on Partisan Loyalty”
ACS release:
A new study by independent researchers at Emory Law School finds that the upward spiral of big money fundraising and aggressive politics in state judicial elections pressures judges to become partisan actors who favor their own party in… Continue reading
Montana False Campaign Speech Rules Allowed to Stand
A federal district court has denied an injunction against Montana rules restricting false statements by and about judicial candidates (Myers v. Thompson).
Hettinger Reviews Gann Hall on “Attacking Judges”
Here, at the LPBR.
New Montana Lawsuit Attacks Ban on False Speech by Judicial Candidates
Read the motion for a preliminary injunction.
“O.C. judge who was censured for having sex in chambers wins reelection bid”
With student interns, no less. Sigh.
He was censured in 2014 for having sex with his intern and a practicing attorney, according to the Commission on Judicial Performance, an oversight board that investigates judicial misconduct. He was also… Continue reading
“NC Supreme Court race likely to be a partisan battle”
News & Observer:
In a judicial race that is supposed to be nonpartisan, politics played a major role in when and why voters went to the polls Tuesday to narrow the field of candidates seeking a seat on the state’s… Continue reading
“With retention idea blocked, Supreme Court primary goes on”
AP:
There will be one race on every ballot in North Carolina’s previously unscheduled June 7 primary because the state Supreme Court couldn’t agree whether a law that led a colleague to seek re-election through a new method complied… Continue reading
“Big, outside money expected in Montana Supreme Court race”
“Denied Pro Bono Help, Wisconsin Prosecutors Appeal Campaign Finance Ruling”
Marcia Coyle:
he U.S. Supreme Court petition was extraordinary—so heavily redacted that even parts of the question presented to the justices could not be read. Still, in an election year in which money is flowing like Niagara Falls, the petition… Continue reading
Forces That Put Justice Benjamin on W Va Supreme Court (Think Caperton) Turn Around and Oust Him
Read Pema Levy. Then see these results.
“This Dark Money Group Spent Big On A Montana Judicial Race. Now We Know Why.”
Paul Blumenthal for HuffPo:
This was certainly the case in Sheehy’s 2012 race, although the public didn’t know it at the time.
The Montana Growth Network was launched that year by Jason Priest and Ed Walker, then both Republican state… Continue reading