Litigation

Thursday Gavel Grab Briefs

By Peter Hardin

In these other dispatches about fair and impartial courts:

• An effort to replace merit selection of judges on the Kansas Court of Appeals with appointment by the governor, subject to state Senate confirmation, has gotten new life in the House after it becoming stalled in the Senate, according to a Kansas Reporter article. You can check out background about the proposal in Gavel Grab.

• Facing a retrial on corruption charges, Pennsylvania state Sen. Jane Orie has asked the trial judge to recuse himself, according to a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review report. Orie is accused of using  state resources for the political campaigns of herself and her sister, state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin (see Gavel Grab).

• John J. Miller of Milwaukee was indicted on charges of threatening to kidnap and murder a federal judge, WBBM reported.

Full post as published by The Gavel on March 24, 2011 (boomark / email).