Press Releases
Fair Courts
Buying Time—LA Smashes Records, AL Ad Wars Go Negative
Spending in the Louisiana race increased sharply just days before last week’s primary election. Advertising in Alabama turned increasingly negative as campaign spending rose in that race.
– 10/09/08
Buying Time—LA, AL & OH Lead Spending Surge
After a quiet period, it appears down-ballot races, including those for state high courts, are beginning to see an influx of money.
– 10/03/08
Buying Time—Special Interests and Supreme Court Elections
With only six weeks to go before Election Day, special interest groups have been conspicuously absent from television advertising campaigns in state supreme court elections.
– 09/24/08
Buying Time—2008
Analysis of judicial races earlier this year shows that interest group targeting and big money court-campaigns remain deeply entrenched, despite the fact that campaigns may not be flooded with excessive spending.
– 09/11/08
Coalition Urges Supreme Court to Review West Virginia Case
The Center for Justice, along with the Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and the Reform Institute, filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to grant certiorari in a case with national ramifications regarding one of the most basic rights in any system of law: the right to a fair hearing before an impartial arbiter.
– 08/04/08
Harman Mining Company (W. Virginia recusal case)
Press release from counsel of Harman Mining Co. announcing that Ted Olson will represent them in the U.S. Supreme Court.
– 05/15/08
BC Proposal Offers Fresh Ideas and Reforms to End the Growing Threat to Judicial Impartiality
In an effort to restore trust in our justice system, the Brennan Center for Justice has published a new report that seeks to eliminate even the appearance of an imbalanced judiciary with consistent principles and rules for when a judge should step down from a case.
– 04/07/08
Wisconsin Supreme Court Election Raises New Questions About Judicial Election Reform
An African American justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court lost his bid for re-election Tuesday in a racially charged and interest group-dominated campaign that raises new questions about the role of money in judicial campaigns.
– 04/02/08
Special Interests Continue Dominance of WI Airwaves in High Court Race
Press release reporting over $2 million of spending on TV ads
– 03/26/08