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The inaugural edition of Rule One Review is now available. Rule One Review is a quarterly newsletter that shares information about pilot projects and other civil rules projects being monitored by the Rule One Initiative. Sign up for Rule One Review… MORE
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This opinion piece reviews the Citizens United v. FEC decision and predicts that it will have a detrimental effect on state judicial elections.
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The October 2011 edition of Selection Snapshots is now available. Sign up for Selection Snapshots and other IAALS newsletters here.
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Senate Republicans filibustered for the second time an Obama judicial nominee. Only one Republican senator joined Senate Democrats in voting to end the confirmation debate, but they fell six votes short of the required sixty votes.
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The December 2011 edition of Selection Snapshots is now available. Sign up for Selection Snapshots and other IAALS newsletters here.
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The commission on judicial conduct recommended that a New York City civil court judge be admonished for circulating misleading materials in her 2006 campaign. Admonishment is the least severe punishment for judicial misconduct.
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The commission on judicial qualifications admonished a judge for an “injudicious” flyer used in her 2010 campaign. According to the commission, the flyer “likely gave the impression…that the judge’s rulings could be influenced by campaign… MORE
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Following this decision, the judicial selection commission revised its rules to allow for public disclosure of nominees. The commission recently announced the names of six nominees sent to Chief Justice Recktenwald for appointment to a district… MORE
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President Obama’s efforts to fill judicial vacancies have been complicated by the American Bar Association’s ratings of potential nominees. The ABA’s judicial vetting committee has rated 14 of 185 potential nominees as “not qualified,” and the… MORE
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The governor appointed Beth Robinson to the supreme court. She is the first openly gay justice to serve on the court.