Sentences with phrase «judicial selection»

We have advocated for adequate funding for the judicial system, increased public understanding of the role of the judicial branch and use of a fair and impartial judicial selection process.

She has written and spoken on a wide range of judicial issues, particularly constitutional limits on government, the federal nomination process and state judicial selection.

Other sections of the site cover judicial selection, judicial philosophy and court - related news stories.

The fate of judicial selection in North Carolina may come down to a clash between the House and Senate.

Judicial selection commission reappoints.

A Web site sponsored by the American Judicature Society, which has compiled comprehensive information on judicial selection processes in each of the fifty states and the District of Columbia.

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Here's Aaron Frazier from the Monroe County Democratic Committee Judicial Selection Committee on the importance of Family Court:

States that have adopted the O'Connor Judicial Selection Plan for choosing, evaluating, and retaining judges provide voters with the most comprehensive information about the on - the - job performance of sitting judges seeking another term in office — information that is apolitical and not based on how those judges have ruled on hot - button social issues.

As one part of the larger O'Connor Judicial Selection Plan, JPE programs assess judges based on objective performance criteria, including surveys of those who work with or appear before the judge being evaluated.

Panelist, «The Challenge of Judicial Reform — Case Studies from the States, Rethinking Strategies for Judicial Selection Reform,» Cumberland Law School (February 24, 2006)

North Carolina legislators have passed an unprecedented number of laws changing judicial selection in recent years.

Supporters of judicial selection reform are optimistic that these developments will lend momentum to efforts to move to merit selection of the state's...

While judicial elections in which the governor nominates and the legislature approves candidates provides for clearer accountability, they do nothing to remove the politics from judicial selection.

In 2008 Utah's Justice Courts were brought into the state commission - based judicial selection system.

James Sample, who does some of the best legal work on judicial selection mechanisms, has posted this draft on SSRN (forthcoming Depaul Law Review).

«It is clear any efforts are meant to manipulate judicial selection to partisan advantage, from repealing judicial public financing to adding party labels on judicial elections to judicial redistricting.

The «Call To Action» was issued by the participants in the National Summit on Improving Judicial Selection, held on December 8 - 9, 2000 in Chicago, Illinois.

Heath said part of the conversation about how to best operate the courts in North Carolina includes talking about judicial selection.

This staff memorandum discusses the relation of judicial selection methods, particularly judicial elections, to judicial independence.

The duo said in a letter to the White House that they would not be providing blue slips for Ryan Bounds, an assistant US attorney in Oregon, because he had not been approved by a bipartisan judicial selection committee in their state.

«Preventing the nation's foremost and most well respected woman's rights organization the right to participate in Manhattans judicial selection two days before women's rights supporters take to the street nationally just aids and abets Trump's war against women,» Roskoff said.

In a 2000 report, the ABA Commission on State Judicial Selection Standards warned of the «alarming increase in efforts by special interests to influence the outcome of judicial elections through both financial contributions and attack campaigning.»

«We have a long way to go,» acknowledges Hallett; noting that judicial selection draws on a legal profession «where the proportion of women at the top is disappointingly small».

Recently, speculation has surfaced about whether judicial selection and tenure will be addressed at a special legislative session in Oklahoma, called by Governor Fallin.

Reddick spent several years as Director of Research and Programs at the American Judicature Society, where she designed and conducted applied research projects and related programming on judicial selection issues, and developed projects to enhance public education on court - related topics.

CIJ hopes to enshrine in the state's constitution the existing, de facto judicial selection process.

He served on Federal Judicial Selection Advisory Committee and the Burlington County Judicial and Prosecutorial Selection Committee.

We have every indication that any change in judicial selection supported by this body would not be considered good government reform.»

One particular aspect of judicial selection legislatures have had a keen interest has been the number of names that advance through judicial nominating commissions (JNCs).

Unlike laws allowing legislatures to override court rules or giving politicians more control over judicial selection, recusal rules govern the ethics of judges, and they are only necessary in states in which the high courts have failed to respond adequately to the swelling tide of campaign cash.

Kourlis acknowledged that some people in states with this type of judicial selection model might be upset over a perceived loss of control over who their judges are, but added that there is still opportunity for citizens to have a say.

SB 2498 (Constitutional Amendment) Requires written notice of an appointment to the senate for advice and consent concurrent with the governor, judicial selection commission, or chief justice's making of the appointment.

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Reforms to the Supreme Court judicial selection process were announced this past spring — see April 7, 2005 press release and Proposal to Reform the Supreme Court of Canada Appointments Process.

We advocate for the O'Connor Judicial Selection Plan, which includes four steps:

Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has long been an outspoken advocate for appointed judges, forming an organization after her retirement to promote The O'Connor Judicial Selection Plan.

New Mexico uses a unique two - step process for judicial selection.

Week Ahead: More attempts to change judicial selection in KS; expanding AZ Supreme Court; increasing the mandatory retirement age for MD judges

With the start of a new year comes the convening of state legislatures around the country, and, in a number of states, judicial selection reform is on the table.

Other Committee projects and priorities include revising the ABA Standards on State Judicial Selection, Defending the Courts / Response to Unjust Criticism, and setting national judicial standards.

Aaron Frazier from the Monroe County Democratic Committee Judicial Selection Committee says good judging does not consist of robotically applying the law.

AJS is also in the process of finding new homes for Judicature and AJS's internet accessible resource known as Judicial Selection in the States.

The new Commission on Judicial Selection will have 17 members, the same number of members as the expired commission, and 11 previous members who still had time left in their terms will serve on the new panel.

The pair later added, «The judicial selection process is not a rubber stamp, and the insinuation that our offices were purposely delaying the process is an indication of the partisanship with which you are pursuing this nomination.»

That, naturally, has led to intense politicization of the judicial selection process.