Litigation

Thursday Gavel Grab Briefs

By Peter Hardin

In these other dispatches about fair and impartial courts:

• A Wisconsin State Journal editorial already is bemoaning what it calls a dreadful state Supreme Court election in 2011:

“Then there’s the state Supreme Court race, which is shaping up to be another mud bath featuring millions of dollars in attack ads soiling the high court’s image. It’s a terrible way to select our top judges, who unlike other elected officials are supposed to be impartial and insulated from public influence.”

• Once ravaged by corruption, the Luzerne County (Pennsylvania) judiciary now has made “an amazing comeback,” according to a Scranton Times Leader article that is headlined, “Restoring our justice.”

• California Chief Justice Ronald George, who will step down Jan. 2, leaves a “historic legacy,” according to a Los Angeles Times profile of the jurist.

Full post as published by The Gavel on December 30, 2010 (boomark / email).