Sentences with phrase «based judicial appointment process»

Florida has a commission - based judicial appointment process wherein the governor appoints all members of the nominating commissions, with some of the governor's appointees come from candidate lists submitted by the Florida Bar.

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Opponents of commission - based appointment of judges — also known as the Missouri Plan, for the state in which the judicial selection process originated — have obtained approval from the secretary of state for two identically worded proposed constitutional amendments that would establish contested elections for Missouri's appellate judges.

Approximately 90 percent of Minnesota judges are already selected through a commission - based gubernatorial appointment process — authorized by statute — to fill vacancies that arise between elections, and judicial elections are rarely contested.

«That reforming the judicial appointment process ranked so high on Prime Minister Harper's «to - do» list during his government's first year in office will not surprise those familiar with the oft - expressed antipathy of many Conservatives and their socially conservative supporters to Charter - based «activism» on the Bench.»