Monday, March 23, 2009
MOVEMENT IN VIRGINIA TO REFORM PROCESS FOR SELECTION OF STATE COURT JUDGES
In Critics target Va. judge selection process the Associated Press reports that there is a movement in Virginia to reform "the secretive back-room dealings that chose state judges." The article also indicates that "Virginia and South Carolina are the only states where the legislature chooses judges, according to the National Center for State Courts. In other states, judges are elected by voters or appointed by the governor, sometimes with input from a nonpartisan judicial nomination commission."
Labels: Election of Judges
