Upcoming Illinois Retention Election Reminds Us Why Merit Selection Is Needed...
Illinois Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Karmeier, whose 2004 campaign race to unseat Appellate Court Justice Gordon Maag raised more than $9 million between the two campaigns, is up for retention election...
View ArticleNew Pennsylvania Code of Judicial Conduct Rule Bars Judges From Hearing Major...
In January, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court announced the adoption of a revised Code of Judicial Conduct which will go into effect July of this year. One major area affected by the revised rules...
View ArticleOne Step Forward for Minnesota and Merit Selection
This week, Minnesota has gotten one step closer to moving to a merit selection system. In doing so, the state has progressed towards finally putting to bed the partisan-politics-laced,...
View ArticleBig Money Donors Shaking the Public’s Faith in an Independent Judiciary
There is no doubt that when a big money donor exchanges their financial support for a judicial candidate’s political loyalty, “actual bias or the appearance of bias comes into question,” according to...
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