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1. Federal Judicial Selection Commission Sponsored by Hawaii Senators Submits Candidate List

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   The judicial selection commission sponsored by Senators Inouye and Akaka submitted to the senators a list of three candidates for an upcoming vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii. The vacancy is due to Judge David Ezra taking senior status... MORE

2. Judicial Selection Commission Sponsored by Hawaiian Senators Submits Three Names

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   The judicial selection commission sponsored by Senators Inouye and Akaka submitted to the senators a list of three candidates for an upcoming vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii. The vacancy is due to Judge David Ezra taking senior status on June ... MORE

3. Nominating Commission Members Challenge Arizona Law Increasing Number of Nominees

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   As IAALS Online covered back in April, the Arizona legislature passed and the governor signed a bill directing the state's judicial nominating commissions to submit the names of at least five finalists for each judicial vacancy. Last week, four members of the ap... MORE

4. Rhode Island's Judicial Nominating Commission Considers Changes to Its Procedures

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   Rhode Island's judicial nominating commission met recently to discuss potential improvements to the commission's work. Much of the

5. Federal Judicial Nominations Take an Excessive Recess

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   When the Senate went into recess in August it was on pace to set a new record for fewest judicial confirmations within the final two years of a presidential term, a level not... MORE

6. IAALS and NCSC Release White Paper on Debt Collection Reform

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   It is no secret that Americans are drowning in debt. In fact, Americans’ collective debt surpassed $4 trillion in 2019. And because more and more people are finding it difficult to pay them off, lawsuits by creditors seeking payment on consumer debts account for m... MORE

7. Arizona: Large pool of applicants vying for Supreme Court vacancy (Updated)

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   Of the 14 applicants for a supreme court vacancy, the judicial nominating commission voted to interview nine, including three Democrats. This was the most Democrats to make it to the interview stage and could have provided the largest number of nominees from which to choose of thr... MORE

8. Governor Signs Bill Increasing Number of Judicial Nominees

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   Arizona governor Jan Brewer signed a bill calling for the state's judicial nominating commissions to submit at least five names for each judicial vacancy. As IAALS Online rep... MORE

9. New Mexico: Governor Susana Martinez seeks candidates for judgeship

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   Governor Martinez asked the judicial nominating commission to submit more names for a trial court vacancy, after the commission forwarded the name of one of only two applicants. The nominating commission reopened the application period and will submit any additional potential appointees to the governor in late August. If th... MORE

10. Advisory Committee Approves Duke Package and Last-Minute Streamlined Rule 37(e)

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    At the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules' meeting last week in Portland, Oregon, the