Litigation

Friday Gavel Grab Briefs

By Peter Hardin

In these other dispatches about fair and impartial courts:

• Political accusations flared in a forum attended by Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser and his challenger, JoAnne Kloppenburg. She accused him of favoring the agenda of Republican Gov. Scott Walker and the GOP legislature. Justice Prosser said some people are backing Kloppenburg to tilt legislative redistricting if it comes before the court, according to a Waukesha Patch article.

• A state Senate Republican’s bill proposes having Montana Supreme Court justices elected or appointed from seven regional districts as opposed to running statewide, as current law dictates, the Billings Gazette reported.

• A bill passed by Oklahoma’s Senate would require state judges seeking election to post online their opinions at least 60 days before an election, according to an Associated Press article.

• Five suspects were arrested in an alleged plot to kidnap or murder state troopers and an Alaska judge, the Anchorage Daily News reported.

Full post as published by The Gavel on March 11, 2011 (boomark / email).