Add to ORKGElection season is within sight again, and with it come the obligatory attacks on the judiciary. Some call it simply campaigning or electioneering, while others believe it is more serious and a form of “judge bashing.” Whatever name the problems are given, the entire election process may have a marked effect on the independence of our judiciary, as well as the ethics of judges and judicial candidates. And in the end, because these problems affect the public’s faith in the judicial system, they must be addressed
This Article proceeds as follows. Part I begins by offering a brief history and background of judici...
In the November 2000 election, the citizens of Florida had the opportunity to switch from the nonpar...
Elections transform the basis of judicial legitimacy. Whereas a permanently appointed judiciary find...
Election season is within sight again, and with it come the obligatory attacks on the judiciary. Som...
Today, myriad approaches for selecting judges exist and few states—if any at all—use identical schem...
Most state court judges in the United States stand for election, whether it be one in which an oppos...
Those who are concerned about judicial independence and accountability in the United States quite ri...
The people want to elect judges. Notwithstanding a typical Washington lawyer’s view of the judiciary...
My inaugural issue of Court Review contains articles examining judicial selection, retention, and in...
Judges vs. Juries by Brian H. Bornstein Thoughts About Enriching Judicial Independence by Improvin...
This issue presents four viewpoints on current issues involving judicial elections, politics, and th...
Editor’s Note: There are about 8,500 state general-jurisdiction trial-court judges in the United Sta...
In the United States today the vast majority of states conduct elections in some form or fashion to ...
As a separation-of-powers matter, the nation’s framers and their state counterparts placed some dist...
Judges sometimes are unrealistic. Whatever one’s view of the recent Pledge of Allegiance decision, d...
This Article proceeds as follows. Part I begins by offering a brief history and background of judici...
In the November 2000 election, the citizens of Florida had the opportunity to switch from the nonpar...
Elections transform the basis of judicial legitimacy. Whereas a permanently appointed judiciary find...
Election season is within sight again, and with it come the obligatory attacks on the judiciary. Som...
Today, myriad approaches for selecting judges exist and few states—if any at all—use identical schem...
Most state court judges in the United States stand for election, whether it be one in which an oppos...
Those who are concerned about judicial independence and accountability in the United States quite ri...
The people want to elect judges. Notwithstanding a typical Washington lawyer’s view of the judiciary...
My inaugural issue of Court Review contains articles examining judicial selection, retention, and in...
Judges vs. Juries by Brian H. Bornstein Thoughts About Enriching Judicial Independence by Improvin...
This issue presents four viewpoints on current issues involving judicial elections, politics, and th...
Editor’s Note: There are about 8,500 state general-jurisdiction trial-court judges in the United Sta...
In the United States today the vast majority of states conduct elections in some form or fashion to ...
As a separation-of-powers matter, the nation’s framers and their state counterparts placed some dist...
Judges sometimes are unrealistic. Whatever one’s view of the recent Pledge of Allegiance decision, d...
This Article proceeds as follows. Part I begins by offering a brief history and background of judici...
In the November 2000 election, the citizens of Florida had the opportunity to switch from the nonpar...
Elections transform the basis of judicial legitimacy. Whereas a permanently appointed judiciary find...