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  • The Week in Fair Courts

    Maria da Silva

    In the Brennan Center's latest round up of last week's Fair Courts news, we focus on the a highly-contested judicial race in Wisconsin, a judicial reform plan in Florida, judicial appointment systems, and more.

    April 18, 2011
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  • One Week Later: What Happened in Wisconsin?

    Erik Opsal

    Although the results of the Wisconsin Supreme Court race are still not official, one thing is — this election set a new record for special interest spending on television ads in a Wisconsin judicial race, with five groups spending just under $3.6 million on ad buys before the election.

    April 13, 2011
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  • The Week in Fair Courts

    Maria da Silva

    In the Brennan Center's latest round up of last week's Fair Courts news, we write on a campaign finance case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, the ongoing battle for a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat, attacks on the judiciary, and more.

    March 28, 2011
    Fair Courts

  • The Week in Fair Courts

    Maria da Silva

    In the Brennan Center's latest round up of last week's Fair Courts news, we examine the Supreme Court race in Wisconsin, judicial selection in Kansas and Nevada, recusal rules in New York, and more.

    March 22, 2011
    Fair Courts

  • The Week in Fair Courts

    Maria da Silva

    In the Brennan Center's latest round up of last week's Fair Courts news, we look at dwindling court resources in New York, Alabama and California, attacks on the judiciary, and more.

     

    March 14, 2011
    Fair Courts

  • This Week in Fair Courts

    Maria da Silva

    In the Brennan Center's latest weekly round up of Fair Courts news, we focus on vacancies on the federal bench, shifting styles on the U.S. Supreme Court, state judicial selection in Wisconsin and Arkansas, and more.

    March 7, 2011
    Fair Courts

  • Two Years after Caperton, Small Steps Forward, Many More Strides Needed

    Andrew Silver

    On the two-year anniversary of the Supreme Court hearing Caperton v. Massey, many states have failed to adopt the judicial recusal standards set forth by the court. It's time for states, and the ABA, to act. We must preserve the perception, and reality, of fair and impartial courts.

    March 3, 2011
    Fair Courts

  • This Week in Fair Courts

    Maria da Silva

    In the Brennan Center's latest weekly round up of Fair Courts news, we focus on judicial recusal on the U.S. Supreme Court, state judicial selection in states across the country, a decrease in funding for courts, and more.

    February 28, 2011
    Fair Courts

  • This Week in Fair Courts

    Maria da Silva

    In the Brennan Center's latest weekly round up of Fair Courts news, we focus on New York's proposed judicial disqualification rule, judicial election spending in Wisconsin and Alabama, judicial selection in Oklahoma, North Carolina, and Montana, and more.

    February 18, 2011
    Fair Courts

  • Victory for Recusal Reform in New York

    Adam Skaggs

    New York's Chief Judge will announce a new state policy that tackles an issue of critical significance to judicial independence and will shore up public confidence in fair and impartial courts: reforming judicial disqualification practice.

    February 14, 2011
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