North Carolina legislators have passed an unprecedented number of laws
changing judicial selection in recent years.
Week Ahead: More attempts to
change judicial selection in KS; expanding AZ Supreme Court; increasing the mandatory retirement age for MD judges
That plan was never formally introduced into the NJ legislature, however I did find one effort to
change judicial selection in the state, specifically focused on the state's Supreme Court.
Not exact matches
Alaska:
changes to
Judicial Council / merit
selection out of House Judiciary Committee;
change to
selection method of Council members also at play
A proposed constitutional amendment that would have made more wholesale
changes to the
judicial selection process was rejected by voters last November.
SB 305 of 2014 as pre-filed would
change both the qualifications for those offices as well as how the merit
selection commission (
Judicial Nominating Board) functions.
Utah Legislative Year in Review:
judicial election /
selection changes; should Justice Court judges be attorneys?
He also served as a member of the Utah
Judicial Council's Committee to Improve Jury Service that recommended
changes to Utah's jury
selection and service system.
Oklahoma Speaker puts forth
judicial agenda: keep merit
selection but
change nominating commission, term limits but only for Court of Civil Appeals, mandatory retirement age for all appellate judges, several «placeholder» bills
As with Arizona, the Florida interest in
changing the mandatory retirement age was connected to
changes to
judicial selection.