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Category Archives: Judicial election campaigns
Reform by the light of Sunset
Watchdogs or just pets? A couple of agencies that are supposed to protect average Texans may be more about protecting unaverage Texans… In this American-Statesman article, the State Commission on Judicial Conduct‘s, uh, conduct is called into question because of … Continue reading
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Wisconsin Judges’ Impartiality in Doubt
Shades of Caperton v. Massey! A recent NY Times editorial relates a sordid tale of Wisconsin Supreme Court justices failing to recuse themselves from cases involving parties from whom they had received massive campaign contributions. As the editorial put it, … … Continue reading
Supreme Court strikes another blow against fair elections
Today the US Supreme Court struck down an Arizona law that provided matching funds to publicly financed candidates outspent by privately financed opponents: The majority’s rationale was that the law violated the First Amendment rights of candidates who raise private … Continue reading
NY Times editorial: “Arizona’s Boon to Free Speech”
Public funding in Arizona state elections comes before the Supreme Court on Monday. In a March 25 editorial, the Times reports that the Court will hear argument about an Arizona law that levels the playing field in state elections, by … Continue reading
Brennan Center’s Fair Courts Project
One of the important undertakings of the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law is the Fair Courts Project. From its self-description: The Center’s Fair Courts Project works to preserve fair and impartial courts and … Continue reading
Campaign Contributions Found to Affect Judicial Decisions
A 2009 study by political scientists at the University of Pittsburgh and Utah State University provides empirical evidence for what we’ve long suspected. From the abstract: In this paper we address a pressing issue on the contemporary political agenda: Is … Continue reading
New York Tackles $$ in Judicial Elections
It’s not exactly the alternative source of campaign funding advocated by Coffee Party Austin, but a rule being adopted by the state of New York is a step in the right direction. It’s described in a February 13 article in … Continue reading
Texas Chief Justice Jefferson misses a bet
In the 2011 edition of his annual state of the judiciary address, Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson calls for an overhaul of the Texas system for selecting judges: A justice system built on some notion of Democratic judging or Republican judging … Continue reading
NPR’s Morning Edition: Big Money in Illinois Judicial Campaign
It’s a retention election, so the candidate has no opponent, but so far the race has drawn nearly $3 million–$2 million in support and $600,000 in opposition. The candidate, Thomas Kilbride, was elected to the Illinois Supreme Court in 2000. … Continue reading
Video: McCain supports NC Public Campaign Fund
Here’s a video of Sen. John McCain supporting the Public Campaign Fund, North Carolina’s nationally praised program for voter-owned judicial elections.
