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Awakening A Slumbering Giant: Georgia's Judicial Selection System After White And Weaver, Camille M. Tribble
Awakening A Slumbering Giant: Georgia's Judicial Selection System After White And Weaver, Camille M. Tribble
Mercer Law Review
Judicial selection, no matter its format, is an inherently political process. In the broadest analysis, judges are selected either directly by a popular election or indirectly by an executive branch appointment. The President of the United States appoints federal judges with the advice and consent of the Senate. In keeping with the states' role as the laboratories of democracy, judicial selection varies widely from state to state. In Georgia, judges are elected in nonpartisan elections along with the general primaries in even-numbered years. In particular, the Georgia Constitution grants the governor the power to appoint a judge when a judgeship …
Perspectives On Judicial Selection, Norman L. Greene
Perspectives On Judicial Selection, Norman L. Greene
Mercer Law Review
The Symposium entitled "Judicial Professionalism in a New Era of Judicial Selection," held on October 22, 2004, at the Walter F. George School of Law of Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, generated important questions on judicial selection reform: how are judges selected, how should they be selected, what makes a good judge, how should we deal with a bad judge, what changes need to be made in judicial selection, where are they being made, how can they be made in other states, and how long will it take to accomplish them. Shall we have a justice system where judgeships are …
Tripping The Rift: Navigating Judicial Speech Fault Lines In The Post-White Landscape, Barbara E. Reed
Tripping The Rift: Navigating Judicial Speech Fault Lines In The Post-White Landscape, Barbara E. Reed
Mercer Law Review
This Article is presented in large part as a synthesis of existing jurisprudence, conventional public policy wisdom, and new approaches to navigating the post-White landscape, including recommendations derived from years of collaboration with judges, lawyers, scholars, policy specialists, and other stakeholders. To a greater or lesser degree, much of what is contained herein is thus subjective and should be approached with that in mind. The views herein, and any errors, are mine alone.
Judicial Professionalism In A New Era Of Judicial Selection, Patrick Emery Longan
Judicial Professionalism In A New Era Of Judicial Selection, Patrick Emery Longan
Mercer Law Review
On October 22, 2004, the Mercer Law Review and the Mercer Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism co-sponsored a Symposium on recent developments related to the election of judges. The Symposium was the Fifth Annual Georgia Symposium on Professionalism, the latest in a series of programs funded by a consent order and judgment that settled allegations of litigation misconduct involving the du Pont Corporation several years ago. That order awarded $2.5 million to each of the four ABA-accredited law schools in Georgia to establish professorial chairs devoted to ethics and professionalism, and it also granted each law school $250,000 to …