Posts Tagged ‘Judicial Elections’
Judge McFadden Speaks on Getting Elected and Getting Started
Approximately 16 attendees made the snow-ladened trek to the appellate practice section luncheon Nashville, Tennessee, held in conjunction with the State Bar of Georgia’s mid-year meeting. The Honorable Christopher McFadden, newly elected to the Georgia Court of Appeals, gave a fascinating talk on the process of campaigning for the appellate bench, the process of…
Read MoreThe Curious Way the Media is Covering Georgia Judicial Run-Offs
As I mentioned in a previous post, there are two run-offs for Georgia appellate seats — one for the Georgia Court of Appeals and one for the Supreme Court of Georgia. According to the Atlanta Law Blog, the Blog for the Fulton Daily Report, there are many judicial seats that will be decided by a…
Read MoreWhy Appellate Judges Should be Appointed and Not Elected
at the New York Times website is disturbing. She cites a recent Pew Research Center poll where people were asked the current chief justice of the United States. To make the result even more disquiting, the test was multiple choice. And here were the choices: John Roberts Thurgood Marshall John Paul Stevens Harry Reid 53%…
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