Random Thoughts VII 'Merica (RTTVII)
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Fair enough. I wasn't speaking to the specific situation in Wisconsin, although I guess that is what spurred my comment. I'm just philosophically opposed to the set up in states where judges are elected in that fashion. Certainly arguments can be made in favor of doing it that way, I just don't find them convincing.
oh I don't disagree with you. It was more sarcasm - if WI were instead a state where a governor appoints similar to the president appointing to the USSC...........this is who he would have picked. I don't know how IA does it. I do agree that electing them seems like a great way to do a bad job of it.
Aren't elevators weird? Like, every time you get in one, you more or less take the chance of dying an awful death.
So I saw a story today where someone gave George Mason a ton of money to name their law school after Scalia. George Mason was going to name it the Antonin Scalia School Of Law. Luckily, people started laughing at it before they actually made the change, so they're naming it the Antonin Scalia Law School
Iowa has a non-partisan panel send three nominees to the governor and then he selects someone to fill the vacancy
Woo beat me to it. Voters do periodically vote on whether to retain judges already appointed to the bench or to send them packing. It is impossible to remove politics entirely, of course.
that seems like a solid option. Made up of former judges or people with law experience?
Too bad we don't do non-partisan orgs of retired judges in WI anymore though.
[h=2]Commission members[/h] The nominating commission consists of 15 members, with the majority being lawyers. The commission includes seven appointed members, one from each congressional district, who must be registered to vote in Iowa. These members are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Iowa State Senate. There are also seven attorney members, also one from each congressional district, who are elected to the commission by resident members of the Iowa State Bar. The final member of the committee, who also serves as the chair, is the senior associate justice on the Iowa Supreme Court. Members serve one term of six years; second terms are not permitted.
Further, the districts must swap selecting male and female commission members each time a term expires, nor can the governor appoint more than four members who are of the same gender.[SUP][1][/SUP][SUP][2][/SUP]
For purposes of selecting commission members, Iowa uses the congressional districting that was in place in 1969; in that year, Iowa had seven districts, while it now has only five.[SUP][2][/SUP]
A list of current commission members is not available on the Iowa Judicial Branch website as of April 2015.
I think I'm going to pull the trigger on using one of the cheap jersey websites. What old school NBA jersey should I get?
Leaning towards a Detlef Schrempf Sonics jersey
Leaning towards a Detlef Schrempf Sonics jersey
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