Archive for December, 2009
The State Bar will not rate North Carolina’s Judges
Thursday, December 31st, 2009On Dec 22, the North Carolina State Bar released a statement that it will not go ahead with initial plans to rate judges on a simple “qualified/unqualified” rating scale. The Bar cites an insufficient number of responses to the survey taken during the summer of 2009. However, in an earlier public release, the Bar stated [...]
Supreme Court Decides Caperton v. Massey
Thursday, December 31st, 2009On June 9, 2009, the United State Supreme Court handed down a decision on Caperton v. Massey, a case involving a West Virginia Supreme Court Judge who refused to recuse himself despite receiving campaign donations from one of the parties appearing before him. With the exception of a few judicial websites, like the Brennan Center [...]
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