Legislation & Testimony
Fair Courts
Testimony to ABA Committee on Judicial Disqualification
The Brennan Center testified on proposed amendments to the ABA's model code of judicial conduct regarding judicial disqualifications.
Authored by: Adam Skaggs
– 02/03/12
Letter to Tennessee Supreme Court on Proposed Judicial Conduct Rules
The Brennan Center and Justice at Stake submitted comments to the Tennessee Supreme Court urging adoption of proposed new judicial conduct rules, including a recusal rule on campaign spending. The comments were based largely on a Brennan Center report on recusal reform after Caperton, which identified the Tennessee proposal as one of the two most promising in the country.
Authored by: Adam Skaggs
– 11/09/11
Letter to New York State Special Commission on Judicial Compensation
The Brennan Center for Justice sent a letter to the New York State Special Commission on Judicial Compensation urging it to recognize that the annual salaries for judges and justices of New York warrant adjustment — and should be increased to a fair level.
– 07/19/11
Letter to Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Proposed Amendments to Code of Conduct
The Brennan Center for Justice and the Justice at Stake Campaign sent the following letter to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court commenting on proposed amendments to the Maine Code of Judicial Conduct.
– 05/12/11
Proposed Part 151 of the Rules of the Chief Administrator of the Courts
Letter to New York Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman on Proposed Part 151 of the Rules of the Chief Administrator of the Courts.
Authored by: Adam Skaggs
– 03/15/11
Letter on Judicial Discipline
The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law submits comments to the Wisconsin Special Committee on Judicial Discipline and Recusal.
Authored by: Adam Skaggs
– 10/12/10
Letter of support for the Fund for Modern Courts’ Recusal Proposal
The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law wrote to the New York Court of Appeals to express support for the proposal for heightened recusal standards recently submitted by the Fund For Modern Courts.
Authored by: Adam Skaggs and Fritz Schwartz
– 10/04/10
Letter to the Wash. State Supreme Court Code of Judicial Task Force
We write on behalf of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law and the Justice at Stake Campaign to comment on the proposed new Washington State Code of Judicial Conduct presented on September 8, 2009 by the Washington State Supreme Court Code of Judicial Conduct Task Force.
Authored by: Adam Skaggs
– 04/30/10
Letter to the Iowa Supreme Court
We write on behalf of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law and the Justice at Stake Campaign to comment on the proposed new Iowa Code of Judicial Conduct.
Authored by: Adam Skaggs
– 03/17/10
Testimony of Adam Skaggs on MD Judicial Elections and Senate Bill 833
The subject of today’s hearing on Senate Bill 833, would conform the selection of Maryland’s circuit court judges with the selection system used to choose other judges in Maryland. In particular, Senate Bill 833 would replace contested elections with a system of appointment and retention elections.
Authored by: Adam Skaggs
– 03/09/10