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Thursday, October 12, 2006
Courts - "Questionnaires Test Judge Candidates' Views"
NPR had an excellent story yesterday titled "Questionnaires Test Judge Candidates' Views." It follows up on this ILB entry from Sept. 13th headed "Judicial Surveys Vex the Bench". (For background, see the list of links in that entry.)
Like the September National Law Journal story, yesterday's NPR story features quotes from Indiana attorneys James Bopp and George Patton, who are on opposite sides of an Indiana case, Indiana Right to Life et al v. Randall T. Shepard et al, which is pending in the Northern District of Indiana, Judge Sharp presiding. This is a suit to lift the rules that bar Indiana judicial candidates from commenting on issues.
The NPR story includes links to questionnaires sent out by groups in Kansas, Pennsylvania, and Indiana (here is the form sent out by Indiana Right to Life).
Posted by Marcia Oddi on October 12, 2006 11:12 AM
Posted to Courts in general