Download or read book The New Politics of Judicial Elections 2004 written by Deborah Goldberg and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The New Politics of Judicial Elections 2004 written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first two editions of “The New Politics of Judicial Electionsâ€ŗ documented a rising tide of television advertising, big money and special interest pressure in state Supreme Court elections across America. As feared, 2000 proved to be an ominous turning point, as special interests began to exert significant influence in key Supreme Court elections. In our third and most complete edition yet, we show how 2004 marks a “tipping point.â€ŗ A perfect storm of hardball TV ads, millions in campaign contributions and bare-knuckled special interest politics is descending on a growing number of Supreme Court campaigns. The stakes involve nothing less than the fairness, impartiality and independence of courts in the 38 states that elect their high court judges.
Download or read book The New Politics of Judicial Elections 2004 written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A perfect storm of hardball TV ads, millions in campaign contributions and bare-knuckled special interest politics is descending on a rapidly growing number of Supreme Court campaigns.
Download or read book Running for Judge written by Matthew J. Streb and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This outstanding collection of essays provides new insight into one of the most important features of the American judicial system. Matthew J. Streb has assembled a first-rate set of contributors who offer a fascinating exploration of the institutions, incentives, and democratic consequences of electing judges."--Kevin T. McGuire, author of Understanding the U.S. Supreme Court "A timely and important addition to the literature on state courts and judicial politics by a stellar team of contributors. New research is presented on a range of issues that will interest scholars and students not only of courts but state politics more generally."--David M. O'Brien, author of Storm Center: The Supreme Court in American PoliticsAcross the country, races for judgeships are becoming more and more politically contested. As a result, several states and cities are now considering judicial election reform. Running for Judge examines the increasingly contentious judicial elections over the last twenty-five years by providing a timely, insightful analysis of judicial elections. The book ties together the current state of the judicial elections literature, and presents new evidence on a wide range of important topics, including: the history of judicial elections; an understanding of the types of judicial elections; electoral competition during races; the increasing importance of campaign financing; voting in judicial elections; the role interest groups play in supporting candidates; party organizing in supposedly non-partisan elections; judicial accountability; media coverage; and judicial reform of elections.Running for Judge is an engaging, accessible, empirical analysis of the major issues surroundingjudicial elections, with contributions from prominent scholars in the fields of ju
Download or read book The New Politics of Judicial Elections written by Deborah Goldberg and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2000 elections proved to be a watershed for big money, special interest pressure and TV advertising in state Supreme Court campaigns. This first-ever, national statistical survey of judicial elections shows that contributions to judicial candidates increased 61 percent in just one election cycle, from 1998 to 2000. The study also analyzes the role of "issue ads" in judicial elections, a technique increasingly used by interest groups to influence the public debate around judicial elections.
Download or read book In Defense of Judicial Elections written by Chris W. Bonneau and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-06-02 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most contentious issues in politics today is the propriety of electing judges. Ought judges be independent of democratic processes in obtaining and retaining their seats, or should they be subject to the approval of the electorate and the processes that accompany popular control? While this debate is interesting and often quite heated, it usually occurs without reference to empirical facts--or at least accurate ones. Also, empirical scholars to date have refused to take a position on the normative issues surrounding the practice. Bonneau and Hall offer a fresh new approach. Using almost two decades of data on state supreme court elections, Bonneau and Hall argue that opponents of judicial elections have made—and continue to make—erroneous empirical claims. They show that judicial elections are efficacious mechanisms that enhance the quality of democracy and create an inextricable link between citizens and the judiciary. In so doing, they pioneer the use of empirical data to shed light on these normative questions and offer a coherent defense of judicial elections. This provocative book is essential reading for anyone interested in the politics of judicial selection, law and politics, or the electoral process. Part of the Controversies in Electoral Democracy and Representation series edited by Matthew J. Streb.
Download or read book The New Politics of U S Judicial Elections written by Sarah Rose Rigos and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The New Politics of Judicial Elections 2000 2009 written by James J. Sample and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The New Politics of Judicial Elections 2002 written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Center co-authored a report, The New Politics of Judicial Elections 2002: How The Threat To Fair And Impartial Courts Spread To More States In 2002 with the National Institute on Money in State Politics. Released by Justice at Stake on May 6, 2004, this report shows how the threat to fair and impartial courts is spreading to more statesand how a recent Supreme Court decision could usher in a new era of special interest influence over the courts that protect our rights.
Download or read book Judicial Elections written by Claudia T. Salomon and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The New Politics of Judicial Elections 2011 12 written by Alicia Bannon and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How Judges Think written by Richard A. Posner and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2010-05-01 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A distinguished and experienced appellate court judge, Richard A. Posner offers in this new book a unique and, to orthodox legal thinkers, a startling perspective on how judges and justices decide cases. When conventional legal materials enable judges to ascertain the true facts of a case and apply clear pre-existing legal rules to them, Posner argues, they do so straightforwardly; that is the domain of legalist reasoning. However, in non-routine cases, the conventional materials run out and judges are on their own, navigating uncharted seas with equipment consisting of experience, emotions, and often unconscious beliefs. In doing so, they take on a legislative role, though one that is confined by internal and external constraints, such as professional ethics, opinions of respected colleagues, and limitations imposed by other branches of government on freewheeling judicial discretion. Occasional legislators, judges are motivated by political considerations in a broad and sometimes a narrow sense of that term. In that open area, most American judges are legal pragmatists. Legal pragmatism is forward-looking and policy-based. It focuses on the consequences of a decision in both the short and the long term, rather than on its antecedent logic. Legal pragmatism so understood is really just a form of ordinary practical reasoning, rather than some special kind of legal reasoning. Supreme Court justices are uniquely free from the constraints on ordinary judges and uniquely tempted to engage in legislative forms of adjudication. More than any other court, the Supreme Court is best understood as a political court.
Download or read book The New Politics of Judicial Elections 2009 2010 written by Adam Skaggs and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bankrolling the Bench written by Greytak and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The New Politics of Judicial Elections 2006 written by James J. Sample and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The New Politics of Judicial Elections 2002 written by Deborah Goldberg and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The New Politics of Judicial Elections 2006 written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to this report, special interest pressure is growing and threatening the fairness and impartiality of Americaâ€TMs courts. The studyâ€TMs collaborators also included the Justice at Stake Campaign and the National Institute for Money in State Politics. The report also cites a survey conducted by Zogby International for the Committee for Economic Development showing that four out of five business leaders worry that campaign contributions have a major influence on decisions rendered by judges. The study found that television advertising has become a major weapon for groups battling over state high courtsâ€"average television spending hit a record $1.6 million per stateâ€"with pro-business groups accounting for 90 percent of all independent spending on TV ads in high court races. State Supreme Court elections attracted record sums from business interests, a reflection of the importance of state courts in setting corporate damage payments. Campaign finance analysis shows that business gave $2 for every $1 donated by lawyers directly to candidates.
