Sentences with phrase «gubernatorial appointment»

There are several anticipated efforts in 2014 to alter processes for selecting state court judges, particularly in states with commission - based gubernatorial appointment of appellate judges.

Other types of merit selection involve gubernatorial appointment or legislative appointment.

The proposed constitutional amendment would replace partisan elections with a commission - based gubernatorial appointment and senate confirmation process.

Before the mid-1800s, nearly all states admitted to the Union selected their judges by this method of gubernatorial appointment with legislative confirmation as well, though some opted to select judges by legislative vote alone.

In addition to his charter schools leadership, Mr. Goenner received gubernatorial appointments from John Engler and Jennifer Granholm to serve on the Board of the Michigan Higher Education Facility Authority.

Among the proposed reforms — which would require amending the constitution — are a commission - based gubernatorial appointment process for filling judicial vacancies and a...

IAALS Online recently summarized anticipated efforts in 2014 to alter processes for selecting state court judges, and a recent article in the ABA Journal honed in on a common trend in a handful of these states with commission - based gubernatorial appointment of appellate judges.

A subsequent gubernatorial appointment to the state's Water Resources Commission furthered Clayton's role in managing critical natural resources upon which residents depend.

«According to the United States Constitution, the governor is required to issue «writs of election» when there is a vacancy in the House — unlike when there is a vacancy in the United States Senate, which allows gubernatorial appointment,» Goldfeder wrote.

And senators confirmed gubernatorial appointments, including Bronx Democratic Assemblyman Peter Rivera as labor commissioner.

«The controversies surrounding some of the recent gubernatorial appointments to vacant Senate seats make it painfully clear that such appointments are an anachronism that must end,» he said in a press release.

In Tennessee, such a proposal is already slated for the November ballot, calling for pure gubernatorial appointment and legislative confirmation of judges.

The Virginia Supreme Court issued opinions on February 12, 2016, just before Jane Marum Roush's second interim gubernatorial appointment to the Virginia Supreme Court expired.

The proposal would establish a federal selection process for appellate judges — gubernatorial appointment with confirmation by both houses of the legislature (the «plus»).

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.

Each Judge of the Supreme Court shall be selected via merit - based gubernatorial appointment and shall be legislatively confirmed.

Prior to her gubernatorial appointment, Ms. Stern was Chairman of the Board of UJA - Federation of New York and President and Chairman of National Women's Philanthropy of United Jewish Communities.

Unlike other state agencies, the Education Department is not under the governor's purview, and its commissioner is not a gubernatorial appointment.

The post is a gubernatorial appointment.

While Cuomo had told lawmakers he wants to be able to appoint five members to the 15 - person board, Bonacic's bill would call for just two gubernatorial appointments.

He served as a member of the Arizona State Board for Charter Schools, also serving as its President, and the Arizona Juvenile Justice Commission, both gubernatorial appointments.

Mary was a gubernatorial appointment to the Executive Board of the Illinois Children's Mental Health Partnership and co-chaired the School Policies and Standards Sub-Committee for six years.

In the address, Evers also criticized a bill that would make his position a gubernatorial appointment.

In 2003, Lee was elected to the position of Chairman of the North Carolina State Board of Education and as a gubernatorial appointment (2005 - 2009) to the North Carolina Utilities Commission.

There's also Indiana, where the two - year - long battle between reformers on the state's board of education and Supt. Glenda Ritz will likely come to a head with efforts in the state legislature to make the latter's job a gubernatorial appointment as well as Gov. Mike Pence's plan to clarify state law by allowing the body to appoint its own chair instead of having Ritz at its helm.

Ms. Gray an economics and business graduate of Hendrix College, received a gubernatorial appointment to the Arkansas State Board of Higher Education in 1989, and later joined the Hendrix Board of Trustees.

It may be an inconvenient truth for some that Patrick J. Michaels, Virginia's state climatologist, is not subject to gubernatorial appointment - or political removal from office.

Instead, lawmakers chose to let Tennesseans weigh in on the issue in 2014, when voters will be asked whether a modified federal process — gubernatorial appointment, legislative confirmation, and retention elections — should be used to select appellate judges.

In her testimony to the Special Committee, Justice Roggensack noted that judicial bias can not be presumed solely from a lawful campaign contribution, lawful independent expenditure, or even from a gubernatorial appointment.

The merit selection method is vague, stating only that «Each Judge of the Supreme Court shall be selected via merit - based gubernatorial appointment and shall be legislatively confirmed.»

As an example, David currently serves via a gubernatorial appointment as a Trustee of the $ 49 billion Maryland State Retirement System and chairs its Securities Litigation Committee; this is the second time David has been appointed to this role.

He received a 2015 gubernatorial appointment to serve on the Missouri State University Board of Governors.

At the Supreme Court level, nine states used the gubernatorial appointment process with some form of confirmation of candidates by the legislature or another elected body, according to the Brennan Center.

There has been no attempt to change this from nonpartisan to partisan, although several bills were introduced to change the nonpartisan races to gubernatorial appointment from a judicial nominating commission list and yes / no retention elections.