“Big Money’s Other Casualty: Fair Courts”
Dorothy Samuels and Alicia Bannon for TAP.
Category Archives: judicial elections
“Former Wisconsin judges seek rules on campaign donations”
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
More than 50 retired jurists on Wednesday asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to require judges and justices to step aside when hearing cases involving those who helped bankroll their elections.
The proposal from the 54 former judges comes… Continue reading
“NC Senate leader on legislature’s agenda this week: ‘There are a lot of things that are being talked about’”
News and Observer:
House Speaker Tim Moore says there is no plan to add two seats to the N.C. Supreme Court, and he said he’d be opposed to the change. “The only people discussing a Supreme Court bill are the… Continue reading
“Flagler Circuit Judge Scott DuPont Faces Charges of ‘Recklessly’ Spreading Baseless Claims About Opponent”
FlaglerLive.com:
The Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission, the investigative arm of the Florida judicial system, last week filed a notice of formal charges against Flagler County Circuit Judge Scott DuPont stemming from allegations that he may have acted unethically and… Continue reading
“Spending By Outside Groups in Judicial Races Hits Record High, Secret Money Dominates”
NC: “State GOP leaders could neutralize Democrats’ Supreme Court majority by adding justices”
More from North Carolina.
“GOP legislative leaders could make rare court-packing move to keep partisan control of state Supreme Court”
“Rare big win for Democrats tilts party balance on NC Supreme Court”
Charlotte Observer:
As people pore over election results, trying to make sense of a year that has baffled many, some in North Carolina are trying to decipher the reasons for Wake County Superior Court Judge Mike Morgan’s resounding victory over… Continue reading
“State Judicial Elections Become Political Battlegrounds”
NC Racial Gerrymandering Decisions Featured in Ad Against NC Justice Edmunds
“No Guardians of These Names”
National Institute on Money in State Politics:
On Sept. 14, 2016, The Guardian released 1,500 pages of leaked documents pertaining to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s alleged coordination with conservative dark money groups during the 2011 and 2012 Wisconsin recall… Continue reading
“Supreme Court candidates suggest their opponents have been bought”
Montana Standard:
But the spike in spending on judicial campaigns has heightened public concerns over whether the justices who are elected can do that.
More than $1.1 million has been raised by Juras, Sandefur and organizations supporting their campaigns, according… Continue reading
“Lessons From Pa.’s Judicial Retirement Age Ballot Fiasco”
Howard Bashman:
s polling expert Berwood Yost of Franklin & Marshall College persuasively demonstrated in an essay that The Philadelphia Inquirer published last week, the current phrasing of the ballot question is misleading insofar as it omits that Pennsylvania’s current… Continue reading
WI Prosecutors’ Statement on #JohnDoe Cert Denial
Here.
What a shame.