Partisan Judges?
Wait, did we say partisan judges? Isn’t the very term antithetical to the core principle of independent judges and an independent judiciary? Of course it is. But partisan judges are the necessary...
View Article"There Must be a Better Way to Choose Appellate Judges"
The editorial board of the Reading Eagle makes a strong case to move to Merit Selection of judges in an editorial published today. The paper cites the record amount raised to date by Judge Jack Panella...
View ArticleBreaking: Rendell announces support of Merit Selection at press conference
Reports are coming in from the press conference held by Governor Ed Rendell. From the Harrisburg Patriot-News: The governor, speaking on the heels of last week’s fresh wave of corruption charges lodged...
View ArticleHistoric U.S. Supreme Court Decision Will Let the Money Roll In to PA...
PMC and PMCAction released this press release today in response to the United States Supreme Court’s latest decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:...
View ArticleA Guide to State Rules on Disqualification
The American Judicature Society Center for Judicial Ethics has announced the creation of a resource that promises to be a useful tool for court watchers. The Society’s new document, called “Judicial...
View ArticleAlabama Judicial Campaign Disclosures Reveals Unusual Giving
Campaign finance disclosure documents from last year’s Alabama Supreme Court race support the old adage about politics making strange bedfellows. The Birmingham News reports that funding for two...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Voters Wary of Courtroom Cash
A new public opinion poll in North Carolina show just how corrosive judicial elections are to public confidence in a fair and impartial judiciary. The poll, which was conducted by the North Carolina...
View ArticleUncertain Future for Nevada Judicial Ethics Commission
If a recent hearing is any indication, the Nevada Supreme Court is about to allow the state’s judges and judicial candidates to “take the gloves off” when campaigning for a seat on the bench. According...
View ArticlePublic Financing Challenge at The Supreme Court
On Monday, 3/28, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in McComish v. Bennett, a case that challenges a portion of Arizona’s Citizens Clean Elections Act. The ruling could have serious...
View ArticleStricter Recusal Standards Offer Only Part of the Answer
A recent editorial in West Virgina’s The Charleston Gazette implores the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates to consider model recusal standards at its session in August. West Virginia has...
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