Links of Interest: April 1 – 6

Judicial Performance Elected judges across the country are increasingly uncomfortable with the demands--and implications--of fundraising. The Washington Post covers the perils of campaign finance and the judiciary in the era of the Super PAC. While deep-pocketed super PACs and ultra-wealthy donor...
April 6, 2012

Links of Interest

What we read this week, March 19-23, 2012   Judicial Elections and Judiciary Reform: There have been a number of good pieces on PAC money in elections and the Citizens United decision lately. In  case you missed it, back in December, Montana’s Supreme Court upheld (.pdf) Montana’s ban on politica...
March 23, 2012

Links of Interest

What We Read, March 12-16, 2012  Judicial Elections and Judiciary Reform: Last week, the Kansas House voted to dismantle Kansas’ six-year-old commission on judicial performance. 18 states have judicial performance commissions, established by statute, court rule or state constitution. Chicago Appl...
March 16, 2012

What We Read, March 5-9, 2012

Links of interest for this week. Don't forget to set your clocks forward this weekend!   Judicial Elections and Judiciary Reform: Colorlines discusses new voter identification laws, as we head up to super Tuesday. On Wednesday this week, a court in Wisconsin temporarily blocked a new voter ident...
March 9, 2012

Links of Interest

What We Read, February 27-March 2, 2012 Immigration Court Reform: The 11th Circuit heard arguments on Thursday, March 1, on immigration laws in Alabama and Georgia, modeled after the notorious Arizona immigration law. The Arizona law goes before the Supreme Court of the U.S. in April. The 11th...
March 2, 2012