Litigation

Monday Gavel Grab Briefs

By Peter Hardin

In these other dispatches about fair and impartial courts:

• The Utah House on Monday rejected legislative attempts to delay a shift of Utah justice courts to retention elections, according to an article in Gavel to Gavel, a publication of the National Center for State Courts. It is a JAS partner.

• Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, speaking at an event in Virginia sponsored by the Federalist Society, responded to liberal critics who have questioned his ethics, according to a Politico article. Justice Thomas said he and his wife, Virginia Thomas,  ?believe in the same things? and ?are focused on defending liberty.? See Gavel Grab for background.

• “Court system in peril amid budget crisis” was the headline for a Miami Herald article examining concerns of South Florida judges, lawyers and court workers about impending budget cuts.

Full post as published by The Gavel on February 28, 2011 (boomark / email).