judicial elections


Calling the Wisconsin Legislature: Do the Right Thing!
Submitted by Monica Rober on Mon, 11/02/2009 - 3:30pm.
This week the Wisconsin Legislature will take up the Impartial Justice Bill, which would encourage state Supreme Court candidates to run publicly financed elections.
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North Carolina Judicial Public Financing Praised
Submitted by Monica Rober on Thu, 07/02/2009 - 10:27am.
The nonpartisan Center for Governmental Studies has released a report praising the North Carolina judicial public financing system.
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Bias Ruling Could Bring Recusals
Submitted by Monica Rober on Tue, 06/16/2009 - 9:28am.
A new article from the Wisconsin Law Journal quotes Public Campaign President and CEO Nick Nyhart on the recent Supreme Court decision that judges must recuse themselves in cases involving their top campaign donors.
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Can Money Obstruct Justice?
Submitted by Monica Rober on Thu, 02/26/2009 - 3:34pm.
An Op-Ed in USA Today examines how money-laden judicial elections may be creating a court system ripe for injustice.
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Top Judges Call Wisconsin’s Judicial Races a “Toxic Landscape”
Submitted by Burney Simpson on Thu, 11/20/2008 - 9:21am.
Many in Wisconsin’s legal community are urging public financing of races for its top judicial seats as spending by special interests dominate campaigns.
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North Carolina Clean Elections Win Court Victory
Submitted by Burney Simpson on Mon, 11/03/2008 - 2:02pm.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case challenging North Carolina’s Clean Elections program for judicial candidates, a victory for an impartial judiciary and clean elections.
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