“Despite Failure, Campaign to Oust Tennessee Justices Keeps Conservatives Hopeful”
NYT reports. See also Kenneth Jost, In Tennessee, Justices Win by Playing Game.
Category Archives: judicial elections
“Tennesseans vote to retain Supreme Court justices”
The Tennessean:
in a major defeat for Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, voters on Thursday voted to keep all three Tennessee Supreme Court justices in retention elections.
Chief Justice Gary Wade and Justices Connie Clark and Sharon Lee all survived to… Continue reading
“Conservatives Target Tennessee Justices in Expensive Race”
“Big Political Money Now Floods Judges’ Races, Too”
“High Court again asked to intervene in state judicial elections”
Two from NYT’s “Taking Note” Editorial Blog
If Judges Campaign Like Ordinary Politicians, Can We Have Impartial Courts? by Dorothy Samuels
and
President Obama’s Fundraising Scandal by David Firestone.
“Voter Knowledge of Candidates’ Judicial Philosophies”
Craig Burnett and Lydia Brashear Tiede have posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming, Judicature). Here is the abstract:
Judicial elections are typical “down ballot” elections, rarely capturing the interest of most voters. To help distinguish themselves at the polls, judicial… Continue reading
“McNally: Attorneys’ opinion shows Supremes ‘bitten by their own dog’ on no-politicking rule”
News from Tennessee:
By adopting a stricter rule against judicial politicking than a national model, Tennessee Supreme Court justices may have set a standard that three are now violating as they seek re-election to new terms, according to attorneys for… Continue reading
“Conservatives, after dismantling public financing system, set sights on N.C. judiciary”
E&E:
The commercial starts like all the political attack ads voters in the swing state of North Carolina are used to seeing: black-and-white graphics, ominous voice-over, newspaper clippings.
In less than 10 seconds, though, the spot takes a striking… Continue reading
“Groups Concerned About Judicial Integrity Urge Ninth Circuit to Rehear Case Striking Down Judicial Campaign Laws”
Press release:
Yesterday, the Campaign Legal Center joined with other nonprofit groups concerned with the integrity of the courts in filing an amici curiae brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to review en… Continue reading
“How to Take Out a Supreme Court Justice; When politicians target elected judges with big money, the justice system loses.”
Dahlia Lithwick writes for Slate.
Judicial Candidates Have No Constitutional Right for Party Label on Ballot
“Ohio’s partisan system for electing judges OK, court rules”
Columbus Dispatch: “A federal court judge has upheld Ohio unique system of having judicial candidates run as Democrats or Republicans in primary elections, but then stripping them of partisan labels in the general election.”
Anyone have the opinion?
Caperton Denouement
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