Category Archives: judicial elections

“Lawyers, Judges, and Money: Evolving Legal Issues Surrounding Spending on Judicial Elections”

January 17, 2013, 2:11 pmcampaign finance, judicial electionsRick Hasen

Drake Law Review symposium: Volume 60, No. 3 Spring 2012 NINTH ANNUAL AMERICAN JUDICATURE SOCIETY SYMPOSIUM Lawyers, Judges, and Money: Evolving Legal Issues Surrounding Spending on Judicial Elections Foreword Hon. Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Citizens United Impact on Judicial … Continue reading

“Emails document GOP leadership power struggle in Montana”

January 17, 2013, 1:22 pmjudicial elections, redistrictingRick Hasen

AP: “A series of emails shows plans by conservative Republicans to take over leadership of the state Senate from a more moderate faction. The documents also outline a long-term strategy that includes ‘changing the face of the Montana Supreme… Continue reading

Voter ID and the Next Wisconsin Supreme Court Election

January 14, 2013, 7:47 pmelection administration, judicial elections, The Voting Wars, voter idRick Hasen

Two lower court judges, both Democrats, put Wisconsin’s voter id law on hold for the 2012 elections. The state supreme court, mired in other controversies, refused to get involved before the election. But the case will eventually make it back… Continue reading

“Elected Judges and Statutory Interpretation”

January 11, 2013, 2:27 pmjudicial elections, statutory interpretationRick Hasen

Andrew-Aaron P. Bruhl and Ethan Leib have written this article for the University of Chicago Law Review. Here is the abstract: This Article considers whether differences in methods of judicial selection should influence how judges approach statutory interpretation. Courts and… Continue reading

“Court finds Ohio judicial campaign restriction constitutional”

December 17, 2012, 12:05 pmcampaign finance, judicial electionsRick Hasen

National Law Journal: “An Ohio ethics rule that prohibits state judicial candidates from personally soliciting campaign contributions does not violate the First Amendment, a federal judge determined on December 10. At the same time, the judge found that the rule… Continue reading

“New Data Shows Judicial Election Ad Spending Breaks Record at $29.7 Million”

December 17, 2012, 11:00 amjudicial electionsRick Hasen

See this press release.

Law and Politics Book Review of WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR: JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE AND JUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE STATES

December 17, 2012, 10:54 amjudicial electionsRick Hasen

Here.

“Groups call on Newby to recuse himself in redistricting dispute”

November 27, 2012, 8:10 amjudicial elections, redistrictingRick Hasen

NC Policy Watch: “n papers filed today, the North Carolina NAACP and other state groups and individuals suing to overturn redistricting plans approved by the legislature in 2010 asked Supreme Court Justice Paul Newby to remove himself from the… Continue reading

“Judicial Elections, Unhinged”

November 19, 2012, 10:53 amjudicial electionsRick Hasen

NYT editorial.

“Ohio Supreme Court: New rules sought for justices’ campaigns”

November 13, 2012, 1:34 pmjudicial electionsRick Hasen

Columbus Dispatch : “Following an election that left many scratching their heads as to why a pair of incumbent Ohio Supreme Court justices were ousted, some are asking whether the campaign and election process should be modified.”

“Beating Back the War on Judges; Voters rejected the crusade to politicize the courts.”

November 12, 2012, 11:24 amcampaigns, judicial electionsRick Hasen

Bert Brandenburg has written this piece for Slate.

“Ohio Supreme Court: 2 incumbent justices sent packing by voters”

November 7, 2012, 5:33 pmcampaign finance, judicial electionsRick Hasen

Columbus Dispatch: William M. O’Neill, a former appellate judge and a Democrat, held a 4-point lead over incumbent Justice Robert R. Cupp, a Republican who has served on the high court since 2007. Cupp conceded the race last night….… Continue reading