Category Archives: judicial elections

Caperton Denouement

May 23, 2014, 6:46 pmjudicial electionsRick Hasen

WSJ: A jury awarded a former coal company $4 million on Friday after finding that Massey Energy Co. drove it out of business through an elaborate scheme 16 years ago, closing a chapter in a long-running legal battle that embroiled… Continue reading

“Judges and Justice for Sale”

May 19, 2014, 7:18 amjudicial electionsRick Hasen

NYT editorial.

“FAN 15 (First Amendment News) — Free Speech & Judicial Elections: The Return of Kaus’ Crocodile”

May 14, 2014, 9:45 amcampaign finance, campaigns, judicial electionsRick Hasen

Ron Collins blogs.

“Why voters shouldn’t be electing judges”

May 9, 2014, 2:36 pmjudicial electionsRick Hasen

Jessica Levinson LAT oped.

Ninth Circuit Issues Split Decision on AZ Judicial Candidate Speech Code

May 9, 2014, 12:11 pmcampaigns, judicial electionsRick Hasen

Via Mike Sacks comes news of this new decision. Majority by Judge Paez; concurrence by Judge Berzon, and dissent by Judge Tallman. The majority opinion begins: A state sets itself on a collision course with the First Amendment when… Continue reading

“Outside Spending Enters Arena of Judicial Races”

May 6, 2014, 8:00 amcampaign finance, judicial electionsRick Hasen

Erik Eckholm with an important and extensive NYT report.

“How Not to Pick Judges”

May 3, 2014, 11:33 amjudicial elections, legislation and legislaturesRick Hasen

Maya Sen in the NYT Sunday Review: RESEARCH has long shown that female judges vote differently from men on issues of sex discrimination, harassment and sentencing, while black judges vote differently from whites on issues involving civil rights and affirmative… Continue reading

“Judicial Independence as as Organizing Principle”

May 2, 2014, 7:36 amjudicial electionsRick Hasen

Charles Geyh has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Annual Review of Law and Social Science). Here is the abstract: Judicial independence is a sprawling topic. For some scholars, that is its problem: it is an amoeba, a formless thing… Continue reading

“House passes ballot measure on court appointments”

May 1, 2014, 10:19 amdirect democracy, judicial electionsRick Hasen

New battle in Florida: “Voters will have a chance to decide whether an outgoing governor should appoint vacancies on the Florida Supreme Court that open at the same time a new governor is sworn in.”