However, several amendments were diluted or rejected outright:
selection of judicial candidates will likely continue to happen behind closed doors, the Brooklyn Democratic Party will continue to refuse to provide basic support for Brooklynites looking to organize their own Democratic clubs, and unlimited power via the proxies of absent County Committee members remain in the hands of the Chair.
The proposed reform would amend Nevada law to provide for the appointment
of judges by the Governor from a list
of candidates selected by the
Judicial Selection Commission, followed by retention elections whereby the electorate can choose to retain or remove those judges.
«That approach could include a more broadly representative and inclusive
judicial advisory selection panel, where no political party has a majority (as the government now gives itself), parliamentarians as a whole are in the minority, and the provincial attorney general and provincial bar are represented, along with the Canadian Bar Association and the Canadian Judicial Conference; a protocol of consultation published by the minister of justice, setting out whom the minister intends to consult and with whom the advisory panel will meet; a public announcement by the minister of the criteria by which each candidate will be evaluated; and a final hearing at which the minister of justice — and not only the nominee — answers questions from parliamentarians, notably regarding how the nominee meets the established criteria,» he wro
judicial advisory
selection panel, where no political party has a majority (as the government now gives itself), parliamentarians as a whole are in the minority, and the provincial attorney general and provincial bar are represented, along with the Canadian Bar Association and the Canadian
Judicial Conference; a protocol of consultation published by the minister of justice, setting out whom the minister intends to consult and with whom the advisory panel will meet; a public announcement by the minister of the criteria by which each candidate will be evaluated; and a final hearing at which the minister of justice — and not only the nominee — answers questions from parliamentarians, notably regarding how the nominee meets the established criteria,» he wro
Judicial Conference; a protocol
of consultation published by the minister
of justice, setting out whom the minister intends to consult and with whom the advisory panel will meet; a public announcement by the minister
of the criteria by which each
candidate will be evaluated; and a final hearing at which the minister
of justice — and not only the nominee — answers questions from parliamentarians, notably regarding how the nominee meets the established criteria,» he wrote then.
On the theme
of diversity in Canadian legal institutions (see Omar Ha Redeye's excellent piece in Slaw yesterday), in the UK the
Judicial Appointments Commission has just announced it will be running a selection exercise this summer by which it will recommend candidates for judicial appointments from «non-traditional» back
Judicial Appointments Commission has just announced it will be running a
selection exercise this summer by which it will recommend
candidates for
judicial appointments from «non-traditional» back
judicial appointments from «non-traditional» backgrounds.