“Supreme Court Committee Provides Guidance on Disqualifications Triggered by Judicial Campaign Contributions”
News from California.
Category Archives: judicial elections
“State supreme court judges reveal scant financial information”
“Minnesota and the Frustrations of Judging ‘Independence'”
Torres-Spelliscy on Money in Judicial Races
Here.
“Outside Spending Floods Judicial Elections at Record Levels, Report Finds”
“Motives for Chief Justice Castille’s retention run scrutinized”
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
Chief Justice Ron Castille wants voters to give him one more 10-year term on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, even though he will serve only a year because of the mandatory retirement law for judges.
Castille is running… Continue reading
“Wisconsin Supreme Court justices tend to favor attorney donors”
Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism:
In January 2009, Milwaukee area attorney Mark Thomsen donated $5,000 to a Wisconsin official’s political campaign. Thomsen soon sent an additional $500 just eight days before the official cast a key vote on an… Continue reading
“State Bar of Michigan Calls for an End to Secret Funding of Judicial Campaign Ads”
“The New Politics of Judicial Elections 2011-12”
Important Brennan Center/Justice at Stake Event in DC on October 29.
CA Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinions Wants to Know How to Treat Campaign Contributions from Lawyers from the Same Firm for Recusal Purposes
Invitation to comment on the draft opinion.
“Legal Center Filing Urges Michigan to Properly Enforce State Law Disclosure Requirements in Judicial Elections”
“Judge: Suit challenging Marion County judicial slating may proceed”
Indiana Lawyer: “A federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a state law that has given rise to the Democratic and Republican slating system under which Marion Superior judges are elected will go forward.”
“Mich. chief justice won’t comment on judge’s donations but jokes, ‘I want to marry his wife'”
“An Elected Judge Speaks Out Against Judicial Elections: Justice Don Willett of the Texas Supreme Court has no trouble winning votes; But here’s why he thinks the whole system is wrong.”
Andrew Cohen exchange with Justice Willett.