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Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts Check out this editorial urging PA legislature to enact Merit Selection!
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Commentary and opinion, op-ed from the pages of the The Times-Tribune, and thetimes-tribune.com
Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts Cost of Supreme Court election highlights need for merit selection
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Dave Davies of the Philadelphia Daily News wrote yesterday in response to Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts’ press release on the huge amount of money spent by the candidates and third-parties on this year’s PA Supreme Court race. ...
Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts 2009 PA Supreme Court Election May Set New Fundraising and Spending Records. Check out our blog post and press release.
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Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts today announced that the 2009 Supreme Court election between Republican Joan Orie Melvin (the winning candidate) and Democrat Jack Panella is likely to set new fundraising ...
Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts Merck forgoes judicial campaign donations
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Some friends in the corporate world share our concerns about the role of money in judicial elections. Merck VP, Charles R. Grezlak, told the Center for Political Accountability, a nonprofit group working ...
Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts Check out our letter in the Inquirer about Merit Selection!
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Re: "Pa. voters need a voice in selecting their judges," Thursday: Merit selection, which combines features of the elective and appointive systems, does remove money from the judicial selection process. ...
Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts New initiative out of Colorado pushes for Merit Selection across states.
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CNN reported yesterday that retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, a long-time advocate of merit-selection, has lent her name and her support to a project that will work to change the way state judges reach the bench. ...
Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts Uniontown Paper Backs Merit Selection Bill; see our latest post at judgesonmerit.org.
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After admitting initial skepticism, the Herald Standard has come out in support ofHouse Bill 1619, which would put an end to judicial elections at the appellate level by instituting a system of Merit Selection.
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Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts The latest from JudgesOnMerit.org: Aruging About Money and Judicial Elections In Illinois
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Illinois joins Pennsylvania in that small group of states that elect all judges in partisan elections. It’s no suprise, then, that some judges in Illinois are engaging in an argument similar to one the Pennsylvania Supreme Court candidates had during the recent election. ...
Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts What's your thought, FB'ers? Should judges in PA be allowed to "friend" lawyers who may appear before them?
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Late last month, the Florida Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee issued an advisory opinion on the use of social networking sites by Florida judges. The committee prohibited judges from "friending" lawyers who appear before them.
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Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts Checkout JudgesOnMerit.org for Highlights of yesterday's Merit Selection Hearing.
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On Monday, the Courts Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the pending Merit Selection legislation. Representative Josh Shapiro (D, Montgomery) chaired the hearing in Subcommittee Chair Don Walko’s (D, Allegheny) absence. ...
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