Judicial Campaigns

Class Warfare III -- Losing Your Right to Fight Back

Larry Beinhart | Posted 05.25.2011

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Larry Beinhart

Litigation seems to be a particularly American disease. Why? We don't believe in collective responsibility and collective solutions.

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Elected Justice

Andrea Lyon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Judicial Independence, Judicial Elections, Fair-Trial, Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Judicial Reform, Independent Judiciary, Judicial Campaigns, Politics News
Andrea Lyon

Judicial candidates running election campaigns sound more like they are running for sheriff than running to be a neutral arbiter of the law.

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Justice's Blind Eye: Money Floods Judicial Election Campaigns

ABC News | Matthew Mosk | Posted 05.25.2011

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In rare public remarks last week, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said the money involved in electing judges remains one of the most pr...

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End Judicial Selection by Election

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Merit Commissions for Judges, Appointment of Judges, Election of Judges, Judicial Campaigns, Judicial Elections, Politics News
Judge H. Lee Sarokin

Judges should not be treated like American Idol contestants. The judiciary exists to protect minorities against the tyranny of the majority. Electing judges reverses that noble goal and demeans the judiciary.

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