Sentences with phrase «replacing judicial elections»
Still, if you think that this article will result in reforms, such as mandatory recusals in cases where judges have taken campaign contributions, or replacing judicial elections with appointment, think again.
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They attack her for her involvement in efforts to remove the grotesque amounts of money now flooding into judicial elections — often from out - of - state corporate front groups - and supporting a Nevada voter initiative that would replace such a system with merit selection of judges.
Oklahoma's Senate Judiciary Committee has approved five measures that would replace commission - based appointment of appellate judges with contested elections, limit the role of the judicial nominating commission in identifying the best qualified applicants, allow the governor to replace some lawyer members of the commission, and require appellate judges to get 60 percent «yes» votes to be retained.
A third proposal (HB 2150 of 2007) would have replaced nonpartisan elections with gubernatorial appointment from a judicial nominating commission list and yes / no retention elections.