Links of Interest, November 5-9, 2012

Elections and Judicial Performance Here’s a round-up of stories criticizing outcomes in the judicial retention elections: The Chicago Tribune, Suburban Cook County Clerk of the Court David Orr at the Huffington Post, the Sun-Times and the ABA Journal. Rates of "yes" votes in Suburban Cook County...
November 9, 2012

Links of Interest, October 29 – November 2, 2012

Elections and Judicial Performance The Midwest Democracy Network has the rundown on a new poll of American attitudes toward corporate money in politics. For the most part, Americans feel it’s damaging to the democratic process. Feministing ran a story about a group trying to mute the campaign adv...
November 2, 2012

Links of Interest, October 22-26

Elections and Judicial Performance The Supreme Court upheld a Montana law setting donation limits to candidates for state office. SCOTUS blog has a rundown.   Criminal Justice Liz Watson and Peter Edelman at the Georgetown Center on Poverty, Inequality and Public Policy released a report...
October 26, 2012

Update: ILP v. Madigan

The Seventh Circuit has just issued an order (.pdf download) denying plaintiffs’-appellants’ motion for injunction pending appeal and affirming the district court’s denial of a preliminary injunction in ILP v. Madigan.  The two page order states simply that the three-judge panel at the Seventh Circu...
October 24, 2012

Links of Interest, October 15-19, 2012

Elections and Judicial Performance Early voting in Cook County begins on Monday. The bar association recommendations are compiled at VoteForJudges.Org where you can also read the Judicial Performance Commission’s evaluations, which do not include voter recommendations. Immigration Reform The De...
October 19, 2012