State Judicial Selection

State Judicial Selection in United States

Judicial Selection — State

Interviewing judicial applicants: a critical nominating commission function (editorial), Editorial, AJS, 87: 286, 305 (May-June ’04, AJS Judicature)

  • Is Anyone Listening? Assessing Bar Influence on Merit Retention Elections in Florida, Scheb, John M., II, 67: 112-119 (Sep. ’83, AJS Judicature)
  • Judges, Critics and the Public Interest: Balancing Competing Values, Author, No, 72: 226-234 (Dec.-Jan. ’89, AJS Judicature)
  • Judging in a Democracy: The Tension of Popular Participation, Nejelski, Paul, 61: 166-175 (Oct. ’77, AJS Judicature)
  • Judicial accountability the right way: Official performance evaluations help the electorate as well as the bench, Esterling, Kevin M., 82: 206-215 (Mar.-Apr. ’99, AJS Judicature)
  • Judicial Accountability vs. Responsibility: Balancing the Views of Voters and Judges, Sheldon, Charles H. and Lovrich, Nicholas P., Jr., 65: 470-480 (May ’82, AJS Judicature)
  • Judicial activism in Canada and the U.S., Miller, Mark C., 81: 262-265 (May-June ’98, AJS Judicature)
  • Judicial campaign oversight committees’ complaint handling in the 2006 elections: Survey and recommendations, Fortune, William and White, Penny J., 91: 232-237 (Mar-Apr ’08, AJS Judicature)
  • Judicial Election and Selection Procedures Challenged Under the Voting Rights Act (focus), Smith, Nancy M. and Garmel, Julie, 76: 154-156 (Oct.-Nov. ’92, AJS Judicature)
  • Judicial Elections: The California Experience, Grodin, Joseph, 70: 365-369 (Apr.-May ’87, AJS Judicature)
  • Judicial Improvement: What’s Going On In The States? (focus), Krasno, Miriam R., 67: 149-151 (Sep. ’83, AJS Judicature)
  • Judicial Nominating Commissions – The Need for Demographic Diversity (editorial), Editorial, AJS, 74: 236 (Feb.-Mar. ’91, AJS Judicature)
  • Judicial qualifications and judicial performance: is there a relationship?, DiPietro, Susanne, Carns, Teresa W., and Cotton, William T., 83: 196-204 (Jan.-Feb. ’00, AJS Judicature)
  • Judicial Recruitment and Racial Diversity on State Courts: An Overview, Graham, Barbara Luck, 74: 28-34 (Jun.-Jul. ’90, AJS Judicature)
  • Judicial Reform in Texas, Champagne, Anthony, 72: 146-159 (Oct.-Nov. ’88, AJS Judicature)
  • Judicial retention election trends: 1964-2006, Aspin, Larry T., 90: 208-213 (Mar-Apr ’07, AJS Judicature)
  • Judicial Retention Elections: Are They Serving Their Intended Purpose?, Carbon, Susan, 64: 210-233 (Nov. ’80, AJS Judicature)
  • Judicial Selection – Keeping the Process Open (editorial), Editorial, AJS, 75: 236, 282 (Feb.-Mar. ’92, AJS Judicature)
  • Judicial Selection In The United States: A Special Report, Berkson, Larry C., 64: 176-193 (Oct. ’80, AJS Judicature)
  • The Judiciary in Japan (letter), Will, Hubert L., 72: 371-371 (Apr.-May ’89, AJS Judicature)
  • Knowledge and Judicial Voting: The Oregon and Washington Experience, Sheldon, Charles H. and Lovrich, Nicholas P., Jr., 67: 234-245 (Nov. ’83, AJS Judicature)
  • The legacy of Republican Party of Minnesota v. White: Judicial independence, judicial selection, and the First Amendment in the post-White era, Author, No, 91: 135-143 (Nov-Dec ’07, AJS Judicature)
  • The Lesser Evil (letter), Henican, C. Ellis, 60: 110 (Oct. ’76, AJS Judicature)
  • The limits of judicial selection research (letter), Andersen, William R., 94: 206 (Mar.-Apr. ’11, AJS Judicature)
  • The limits of White (viewpoint), Gray, Cynthia, 89: 315-316, 352 (May-June ’06, AJS Judicature)
  • The Local Politics of Judicial Selection: Some Views of Law Enforcement Officials, Atkins, Burton M. and Gertz, Marc G., 66: 39-44 (Jun.-Jul. ’82, AJS Judicature)
  • Looking Back and Looking Forward, Frankel, Jack E., 75: 83-85, 113 (Aug.-Sep. ’91, AJS Judicature)
  • The Margin of Victory? (letter), Henry, M. L., Jr., 74: 65 (Aug.-Sep. ’90, AJS Judicature)
  • Maryland’s Retention Elections (letter), Adkins, William H., II, 64: 298 (Feb. ’81, AJS Judicature)
  • Memo provides guidelines for judicial candidates in Midwest (brief), Richert, David, 92: 91 (2, AJS Judicature)
  • Merit Retention Elections: Can The Bar Influence The Voters?, Stookey, John A. and Watson, George, 64: 234-241 (Nov. ’80, AJS Judicature)
  • Merit Retention Elections: What Influences the Voters?, Griffin, Kenyon N. and Horan, Michael J., 63: 78-88 (Aug. ’79, AJS Judicature)
  • Missouri In Massachusetts? (letter), Burke, John F., 66: 222 (Nov. ’82, AJS Judicature)
  • A Mistaken Impression (letter), Nelson, Gary K., 64: 299 (Feb. ’81, AJS Judicature)
  • Money and politics in judicial elections: the 1988 election of the chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court, Jackson, Donald W. and Riddlesperger, James W., Jr., 74: 184-189 (Dec.-Jan. ’91, AJS Judicature)
  • Money in Texas Supreme Court elections: 1980-1998, Cheek, Kyle and Champagne, Anthony, 84: 20-25 (July-Aug. ’00, AJS Judicature)
  • More Important Judicial Qualities (letter), Grimit, Robert T., 70: 141, 175 (Oct.-Nov. ’86, AJS Judicature)
  • Navigating judicial selection: New judges speak about the process and its impact on judicial diversity, Merola, Linda M. and Gould, Jon B., 93: 184-193 (5, AJS Judicature)
  • The Need for Affirmative Action (letter), Thompson, Edward P., 65: 56 (Aug. ’81, AJS Judicature)
  • The Need for Judicial Performance Evaluations for Retention Elections (editorial), Editorial, AJS, 75: 124, 178 (Oct-Nov ’91, AJS Judicature)
  • New AJS research on judicial selection methods and judicial quality (brief), Reddick, Malia, 93: 259 (6, AJS Judicature)
  • New Hampshire High Court Calls Nominating Panel Unconstitutional (news), Author, No, 61: 90-91 (Aug. ’77, AJS Judicature)
  • New judicial diversity research from AJS (focus), Reddick, Malia, 93: 209 (5, AJS Judicature)
  • New Mexico Senators Create A Federal Nominating Commission (news), Author, No, 61: 240 (Nov. ’77, AJS Judicature)
  • The new politics of judicial elections, Sample, James J., Hall, Charles, and Casey, Linda, 94: 50-57 (sep-oct ’10, AJS Judicature)
  • New polls show widespread concern about threats to fair and impartial courts (focus), Palast, Geri, 86: 55-56 (July-Aug. ’02, AJS Judicature)
  • New York Voters Approve Three Judicial Amendments (news), Author, No, 61: 291 (Dec.-Jan. ’78, AJS Judicature)
  • Ninth Circuit rules in favor of Alaska’s judicial merit selection system (brief), Reddick, Malia, 94: 91 (sep-oct ’10, AJS Judicature)
  • North Carolina Will Use Merit Plan for Superior Court Judges (news), Author, No, 61: 145 (Sep. ’77, AJS Judicature)
  • On the Omnibus Judgeship Bill and Merit Selection (editorial), Editorial, AJS, 62: 4 (Jun.-Jul. ’78, AJS Judicature)
  • PAC participation in North Carolina Supreme Court elections, Reid, Traciel V., 80: 21-29 (July-Aug. ’96, AJS Judicature)
  • PACs and judicial politics in Texas, Champagne, Anthony and Cheek, Kyle, 80: 26-27 (July-Aug. ’96, AJS Judicature)
  • Patterns of Voting Behavior in Judicial Retention Elections for Supreme Court Justices in Wyoming, Griffin, Kenyon N. and Horan, Michael J., 67: 68-77 (Aug. ’83, AJS Judicature)
  • Political Impartiality (letter), Bachrach, Eve. E., 62: 5 (Jun.-Jul. ’78, AJS Judicature)
  • The politicization of retention elections: Lessons from the defeat of justices Lanphier and White, Reid, Traciel V., 83: 68-77 (Sept.-Oct. ’99, AJS Judicature)
  • The politicization of the judiciary (viewpoint), Friedman, Terry B., 82: 6-7 (July-Aug. ’98, AJS Judicature)
  • Politics and the California Plan for Choosing Appellate Judges: A Lesson At Large on Judicial Selection, Culver, John H., 66: 151-162 (Sep.-Oct. ’82, AJS Judicature)
  • Practicing Attorneys and Judicial Retention Decisions: Judging the Judges in Wyoming, Griffin, Kenyon N. and Murdock, Margaret Maier, 69: 36-42 (Jun.-Jul. ’85, AJS Judicature)
  • The Practicing Bar (letter), Leake, Robert E., Jr., 62: 317 (Feb. ’79, AJS Judicature)
  • Prese
    rving Judicial Independence (editorial), Author, No, 95: 249-250 (May-June ’12, AJS Judicature)
  • A Problem Blown Out of Proportion (letter), Montgomery, John E., 65: 4-5 (Jun.-Jul. ’81, AJS Judicature)
  • The Problem of Bias in Judicial Evaluation Surveys, Koebel, C. Theodore, 67: 224-233 (Nov. ’83, AJS Judicature)
  • Professor Dubois Responds (letter), Dubois, Philip L., 69: 184, 244 (Dec.-Jan. ’86, AJS Judicature)
  • Questioning Judicial Candidates: What Can Merit Selectors Ask?, Fish, Peter G., 62: 8-17 (Jun.-Jul. ’78, AJS Judicature)
  • Race, Sex and the Judiciary (letter), Lowrey, Olan B., 65: 4 (Jun.-Jul. ’81, AJS Judicature)
  • Recent Voting Rights Act challenges to judicial elections, Scruggs, Anna M., Mazzola, Jean-Claude, and Zaug, Mary E., 79: 34-41 (July-Aug. ’95, AJS Judicature)
  • Reformers Urge Four States to Adopt Merit Selection (news), Author, No, 61: 432 (Apr. ’78, AJS Judicature)
  • The relationship between judicial performance evaluations and judicial elections, Brody, David C., 87: 168-177, 192 (Jan.-Feb. ’04, AJS Judicature)
  • Retention Elections And Judicial Behavior, Aspin, Larry T. and Hall, William K., 77: 306-315 (May-Jun. ’94, AJS Judicature)
  • Retention Elections in the South, Wood, Thomas J., 63: 256-257 (Dec.-Jan. ’80, AJS Judicature)
  • Retention Elections: An Alaskan Update (letter), Bremson, Francis L., 67: 212, 258 (Nov. ’83, AJS Judicature)
  • Retention Elections: Who Wins When No One Loses?, Jenkins, William O., Jr., 61: 79-86 (Aug. ’77, AJS Judicature)
  • Richard Spencer Childs: The Political Reformer and His Influence on the Work of the American Judicature Society, Hirschhorn, Bernard, 73: 184-191 (Dec.-Jan. ’90, AJS Judicature)
  • The Role Of State Bar Associations In Judicial Selection, Sheldon, Charles H., 77: 300-305 (May-Jun. ’94, AJS Judicature)
  • The Role of the Bar (letter), Foulis, Ronald, 74: 289 (Apr.-May ’91, AJS Judicature)
  • Rose Bird and the Politics of Judicial Accountability in California, Culver, John H. and Wold, John T., 70: 81-89 (Aug.-Sep. ’86, AJS Judicature)
  • Saving the Missouri Plan (editorial), Editorial, AJS, 91: 160, 211 (Jan-Feb ’08, AJS Judicature)
  • Searching For Judges in Oregon: Where Would the Bar Look for Help?, Sheldon, Charles H., 61: 376-381 (Mar. ’78, AJS Judicature)
  • Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965: A Challenge to State Judicial Election systems, Haydel, Judith, 73: 68-73 (Aug.-Sep. ’89, AJS Judicature)
  • Selecting judges (letter), Buckel, Bill, 85: 171 (Jan.-Feb. ’02, AJS Judicature)
  • Selection in New Mexico (letter), Jolly, Joe, 73: 125, 170 (Oct.-Nov. ’89, AJS Judicature)
  • Selection Systems and Judicial Characteristics: The Recruitment of State Supreme Court Justices, Glick, Henry R. and Emmert, Craig F., 70: 228-235 (Dec.-Jan. ’87, AJS Judicature)
  • A Short History of Judicial Reform in New Mexico (focus), Dixon, Eric D., 73: 48-50 (Jun.-Jul. ’89, AJS Judicature)
  • Should Judges Know Who Gave to Their Campaign? (query), Baum, Victor J., 60: 258-259 (Jan. ’77, AJS Judicature)
  • Should There Be Affirmative Action for The Judiciary?, Goldman, Sheldon, 62: 488-494 (May ’79, AJS Judicature)
  • Simplifying the Maze of Nevada’s Courts, Boersema, Craig, 78: 299-303 (May-Jun. ’95, AJS Judicature)
  • Slanted Statistics (letter), Abraham, Henry J., 65: 330 (Dec.-Jan. ’82, AJS Judicature)
  • Some Firsthand Observations on the Election of Judges (letter), Waltz, Jon R., 63: 184-188 (Oct. ’79, AJS Judicature)
  • Sour Grapes (letter), Toppins, Roger K., 70: 140 (Oct.-Nov. ’86, AJS Judicature)
  • State Appellate Judges’ Attitudes Toward Judicial Merit Selection and Retention: Results of a National Survey, Scheb, John M., II, 72: 170-174 (Oct.-Nov. ’88, AJS Judicature)
  • The state of the state courts, Abrahamson, Shirley S., 87: 241-242 (Mar.-Apr. ’04, AJS Judicature)
  • State Trial Court Appointments: Does the Governor Make A Difference?, Dubois, Philip L., 69: 20-28 (Jun.-Jul. ’85, AJS Judicature)
  • The state’s response to Republican Party of Minnesota v. White (focus), Gray, Cynthia, 86: 163-164 (Nov.-Dec. ’02, AJS Judicature)
  • Statement before the Commission on Executive, Legislative and Judicial Salaries, D’Alemberte, Talbot, 69: 5-6 (Jun.-Jul. ’85, AJS Judicature)
  • Statement Before the Joint Select Committee on the Judiciary of the Texas Legislature, Schotland, Roy A., 72: 154-157 (Oct.-Nov. ’88, AJS Judicature)
  • States Can Make Judges Quit Before Running for Political Office (news), Lee, David L., 61: 335-336 (Feb. ’78, AJS Judicature)
  • Strike One, Strike Two…: The History of and Prospect for Judicial Reform in Ohio, Felice, John D. and Kilwein, John C., 75: 193-200 (Dec.-Jan. ’92, AJS Judicature)
  • Supreme Court to decide three cases affecting the judiciary, Hackett, Terry, 74: 330-331 (Apr.-May ’91, AJS Judicature)
  • Technology reduces judicial ballot roll-off (focus), Nichols, Stephen M., 80: 140 (Nov.-Dec. ’96, AJS Judicature)
  • Tennessee Voters Reject Proposal for a New Judicial Article (news), Author, No, 61: 431-432 (Apr. ’78, AJS Judicature)
  • The Tenure of Judges (letter), Hall, Robert H., 70: 320-321 (Apr.-May ’87, AJS Judicature)
  • Testimony Before the Joint Select Committee on the Judiciary of the Texas Legislature, Kelly, Cynthia, 72: 158-161 (Oct.-Nov. ’88, AJS Judicature)
  • Three More States Begin Merit Plans for Federal Judges (news), Author, No, 60: 506 (May ’77, AJS Judicature)
  • Trends in judicial retention elections, 1964-1998, Aspin, Larry T., 83: 79-81 (Sept.-Oct. ’99, AJS Judicature)
  • The true con game (letter), Sage, Larry Guy, 90: 6 (July-Aug ’06, AJS Judicature)
  • Two-party competition and trial court elections in Texas, Funk, Carole, Kiel, L. Douglas, and Champagne, Anthony, 77: 290-293 (May-Jun. ’94, AJS Judicature)
  • Uncontested and unaccountable? Rates of contestation in trial and court elections, Nelson, Michael J., 94: 208-217 (Mar.-Apr. ’11, AJS Judicature)
  • An Unjustified Conclusion (letter), Schair, Fern, 62: 265 (Dec.-Jan. ’79, AJS Judicature)
  • Using judicial performance evaluations to promote judicial accountability, Kourlis, Rebecca Love and Singer, Jordan M., 90: 200-207 (Mar-Apr ’07, AJS Judicature)
  • The value of judicial campaign oversight committees (editorial), Author, No, 94: 48, 93 (sep-oct ’10, AJS Judicature)
  • Voluntary Merit Selection: Its History and Current Status, Vandenberg, Donna, 66: 265-273 (Dec.-Jan. ’83, AJS Judicature)
  • Voter knowledge, behavior, and attitudes in primary and general judicial elections, Sheldon, Charles H. and Lovrich, Nicholas P., Jr., 82: 216-223 (Mar.-Apr. ’99, AJS Judicature)
  • Voter Responses to Court Reform: Merit Judicial Selection on the Ballot, Dubois, Philip L., 73: 238-247 (Feb.-Mar. ’90, AJS Judicature)
  • Voters Decide on Judicial Selection, Discipline and Compensation Issues (focus), Sampson, Kathleen M., 70: 247, 253 (Dec.-Jan. ’87, AJS Judicature)
  • Voters Decide on State Justice System Issues (focus), Baum, Amy, 76: 203 (Dec.-Jan. ’93, AJS Judicature)
  • The Voting Rights Act and Judicial Elections Litigation: The Defendant States’ Perspective, Weber, Ronald E., 73: 85-86, 118 (Aug.-Sep. ’89, AJS Judicature)
  • The Voting Rights Act and Judicial Elections Litigation: The Plaintiffs’ Perspective, McDuff, Robert, 73: 82-85 (Aug.-Sep. ’89, AJS Judicature)
  • The Voting Rights Act and Judicial Elections: An Update on Current Legislation, Author, No, 73: 74-81 (Aug.-Sep. ’89, AJS Judicature)
  • Washington Committee for Ethical Judicial Campaigns (brief), Eckley, Timothy S., 92: 43 (1, AJS Judicature)
  • West Virginia Supreme Court election shows effectiveness of interest groups (focus), Stern, Seth, 89: 38-40 (July-Aug. ’05, AJS Judicature)
  • What judicial candidates can say (editorial), Editorial, AJS, 84: 4 (July-Aug. ’00, AJS Judicature)
  • What should judicial candidates talk to voters about (editorial), R
    eddick, Malia, 93: 224, 226 (6, AJS Judicature)
  • What the Morial Decision Means, Woodward, M. Truman, 61: 422-428 (Apr. ’78, AJS Judicature)
  • What Twenty Years of Judicial Retention Elections Have Told Us, Aspin, Larry T. and Hall, William K., 70: 340-347 (Apr.-May ’87, AJS Judicature)
  • What’s ahead for courts? (brief), Richert, David, 84: 217 (Jan.-Feb. ’01, AJS Judicature)
  • When Blacks Run for Judge: Racial Divisions in the Candidate Preferences of Louisiana Voters, Engstrom, Richard L., 73: 87-89 (Aug.-Sep. ’89, AJS Judicature)
  • Who Will Control the Judiciary? (query), Adams, Arlin M., 70: 142-143, 174-175 (Oct.-Nov. ’86, AJS Judicature)
  • Why Lawyers Become Judges, Volcansek-Clark, Mary, 62: 166-175 (Oct. ’78, AJS Judicature)
  • Will Judges Be Chosen Rationally?, Totenberg, Nina, 60: 92 (Aug.-Sep. ’76, AJS Judicature)
  • Wisconsin Governor Creates Judicial Appointment Commission (news), Author, No, 62: 45 (Jun.-Jul. ’78, AJS Judicature)
  • Women and minorities on state and federal appellate benches, 1985 and 1999, Hurwitz, Mark S. and Lanier, Drew Noble, 85: 84-92 (Sept.-Oct. ’01, AJS Judicature)
  • Women On The State Bench: Their Characteristics and Attitudes About Judicial Selection, Carbon, Susan, Houlden, Pauline, and Berkson, Larry C., 65: 294-305 (Dec.-Jan. ’82, AJS Judicature)
  • Resources

    Further Reading

    • Judicial diversity—an essential component of a fair justice system (editorial), no, author, 93: 180, 182 (5, AJS Judicature)
    • ‘Common Sense’ (letter), Burrus, Rufus, 62: 160 (Oct. ’78, AJS Judicature)
    • “Fair Plan” for Campaign Gifts Delayed in Detroit (news), Schulert, Barbara, 60: 194 (Nov. ’76, AJS Judicature)
    • “Firsts” in high court diversity (focus), Reddick, Malia and Gray, Sara, 94: 186-187 (Jan-Feb ’11, AJS Judicature)
    • 1986 – A Historic Year for Judicial Elections (focus), Schotland, Roy A., 70: 246-247 (Dec.-Jan. ’87, AJS Judicature)
    • The 1990 ABA Code of Judicial Conduct (editorial), Editorial, AJS, 74: 124, 170 (Oct.-Nov. ’90, AJS Judicature)
    • 1990 Code of Judicial Conduct, Judicial Elections Among Issues Discussed At 12th National Conference for Judicial Conduct Organizations (focus), Carmody, Cris, 74: 225-226 (Dec.-Jan. ’91, AJS Judicature)
    • The 2010 judicial retention elections in perspective: Continuity and change from 1964 to 2010, Aspin, Larry, 94: 218-232 (Mar.-Apr. ’11, AJS Judicature)
    • Additional Analysis, Glick, Henry R. and Emmert, Craig F., 71: 4 (Jun.-Jul. ’87, AJS Judicature)
    • After California, What’s Next for Judicial Elections? (panel discussion), Discussion, Panel, 70: 356-364 (Apr.-May ’87, AJS Judicature)
    • AJS Directors Favor Wider Use of Merit Selection Plans (news), Author, No, 61: 146 (Sep. ’77, AJS Judicature)
    • AJS joins amicus brief (brief), Gray, Cynthia, 91: 41-42 (Jul-Aug ’07, AJS Judicature)
    • AJS project will preserve and expand merit selection (brief), Eckley, Timothy S., 91: 207-208 (Jan-Feb ’08, AJS Judicature)
    • AJS revises its Model Judicial Selection Provisions (brief), Reddick, Malia, 91: 251 (Mar-Apr ’08, AJS Judicature)
    • AJS Statement and Resolution on the Omnibus Judgeship Bill, Author, No, 61: 386-387 (Mar. ’78, AJS Judicature)
    • Alabama’s Chief Justice In Spotlight As Directors Report On Court Improvements (focus), Hoelzel, William, 67: 510-511 (May ’84, AJS Judicature)
    • The Alaska merit selection system at work, 1984-2007, Carns, Teresa White, 93: 102-108 (3, AJS Judicature)
    • Alternative Judicial Selection Devices: An Analysis of Texas Judges’ Attitudes, Pearson, William M. and Castle, David S., 73: 34-39 (Jun.-Jul. ’89, AJS Judicature)
    • Anatomy of a merit selection victory, No, Author, 93: 6-13 (1, AJS Judicature)
    • Anti-Incumbency’s Threat to Judicial Merit Selection (editorial), Editorial, AJS, 76: 56 (Aug.-Sep. ’92, AJS Judicature)
    • Argument for Merit Selection (letter), Henry, M. L., Jr., 74: 289 (Apr.-May ’91, AJS Judicature)
    • Author’s Answer (letter), Carbon, Susan, 62: 369 (Mar. ’79, AJS Judicature)
    • Author’s Answer (letter), Jenkins, William O., Jr., 61: 152-153 (Oct. ’77, AJS Judicature)
    • Author’s Answer (letter), Goldman, Sheldon, 65: 4 (Jun.-Jul. ’81, AJS Judicature)
    • Author’s Response (letter), Dubois, Philip L., 74: 65 (Aug.-Sep. ’90, AJS Judicature)
    • Awareness of Trial Court Judges, Champagne, Anthony and Thielemann, Greg, 74: 271-276 (Feb.-Mar. ’91, AJS Judicature)
    • Bar Endorsements (letter), Teague, Marvin O., 62: 213 (Nov. ’78, AJS Judicature)
    • Bar Poll Ratings as the Leading Influence on a Non-Partisan Judicial Election, Goldstein, Joel H., 63: 376-384 (Mar. ’80, AJS Judicature)
    • The Bar’s Reluctance (letter), John, W. St., Garwood, 62: 265 (Dec.-Jan. ’79, AJS Judicature)
    • Beyond accountability and independence: Judicial selection and state court performance, Cann, Damon, 90: 226-232 (Mar-Apr ’07, AJS Judicature)
    • Burdens of the bench: state supreme courts’ non-judicial tasks, Smith, Christopher E. and Feldman, Heidi, 84: 304-309 (May-June ’01, AJS Judicature)
    • Bypassing the Constitution (letter), Barrow, Allen E., 62: 160 (Oct. ’78, AJS Judicature)
    • Campaign contributions, judicial decisions, and the Texas Supreme Court: Assessing the appearance of impropriety, McCall, Madhavi M. and McCall, Michael A., 90: 214-225 (Mar-Apr ’07, AJS Judicature)
    • Campaign contributors and the Nevada Supreme Court (focus), Reddick, Malia and Janning, Nicholas, 94: 85-86 (sep-oct ’10, AJS Judicature)
    • Campaign contributors and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court (focus), Reddick, Malia and Debuse, James R., 93: 164-165 (4, AJS Judicature)
    • Campaign contributors and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court: Redux, Reddick, Malia and Debuse, James R., 93: 206 (4, AJS Judicature)
    • Campaign Financing for North Carolina’s Appellate Courts, Moog, Robert, 76: 68-76 (Aug.-Sep. ’92, AJS Judicature)
    • Campaigning for retention in Illinois, Aspin, Larry T. and Hall, William K., 80: 84-87 (Sept.-Oct. ’96, AJS Judicature)
    • Can We Match The Skills of Our Judges to The Needs of Our Courts? (query), Shapiro, Irving S., 62: 164-165 (Oct. ’78, AJS Judicature)
    • Canons, cost, and competition in state supreme court elections, Peters, Scott C., 91: 27-35 (Jul-Aug ’07, AJS Judicature)
    • The challenges of judicial elections research (editorial), Author, No, 94: 204, 207 (Mar.-Apr. ’11, AJS Judicature)
    • Changes in Code of Judicial Conduct, Judicial Campaigns and Alcohol Abuse Among Topics Debated at 11th National Conference (focus), Macmanus, Shelia, 72: 185-188 (Oct.-Nov. ’88, AJS Judicature)
    • Choosing Judges (letter), Tilson, John Q., 64: 299 (Feb. ’81, AJS Judicature)
    • Choosing Judges: Do The Voters Know What They’re Doing?, McKnight, R. Neal, Schaefer, Roger, and Johnson, Charles A., 62: 280-290 (Aug. ’78, AJS Judicature)
    • Choosing Judicial Candidates: How Voters Explain Their Decisions, Hojnacki, Marie and Baum, Lawrence, 75: 300-309 (Apr.-May ’92, AJS Judicature)
    • Citizen Evaluation of Judicial Performance: The Colorado Experience, Mahoney, Anne Rankin, 72: 210-216 (Dec.-Jan. ’89, AJS Judicature)
    • Citizen Knowledge (letter), Seitz, Dennis J., 73: 125 (Oct.-Nov. ’89, AJS Judicature)
    • Citizen Knowledge and Voting in Judicial Elections, Lovrich, Nicholas P., Jr., Pierce, John C., and Sheldon, Charles H., 73: 28-33 (Jun.-Jul. ’89, AJS Judicature)
    • Colorado celebrates 40 years of merit selection (brief), Eckley, Timothy S., 89: 350 (May-June ’06, AJS Judicature)
    • Conferees Dilute Merit Provision of Omnibus Judgeship Bill (news), Author, No, 62: 45 (Jun.-Jul. ’78, AJS Judicature)
    • Conference considers judicial reform (focus), Reddick, Malia and Albertsen, Joanne, 92: 80-83 (2, AJS Judicature)
    • Contestation, competition, and the potential for accountability in intermediate appellate court elections, Streb, Matthew J., Frederick, Brian, and LaFrance, Casey, 91: 70-78 (Sep-Oc
      t ’07, AJS Judicature)
    • Correction (letter), Dohm, Dennis, 61: 153 (Oct. ’77, AJS Judicature)
    • A correction (letter), Author, No, 83: 38 (July-Aug. ’99, AJS Judicature)
    • Court Reform, the Unheralded Winner of the 1976 Elections, Schulert, Barbara R. and Hoelzel, Bill, 60: 281-289 (Jan. ’77, AJS Judicature)
    • The Defeat of the California Justices: The Campaign, the Electorate, and the Issue of Judicial Accountability, Wold, John T. and Culver, John H., 70: 348-355 (Apr.-May ’87, AJS Judicature)
    • Defeating an incumbent chief justice: The 2008 Michigan Supreme Court election, Klemanski, John S. and Walters, Julie K., 94: 233-238 (Mar.-Apr. ’11, AJS Judicature)
    • Delaware, South Dakota Will Use Nominating Commissions (news), Author, No, 60: 506 (May ’77, AJS Judicature)
    • Delighted With The Conclusions (letter), Wyatt, Wilson W., Jr., 62: 369 (Mar. ’79, AJS Judicature)
    • Diversity and the Bench (letter), Henry, M. L., Jr. and Hubbard, Elizabeth B., 69: 184 (Dec.-Jan. ’86, AJS Judicature)
    • Does Justice Require A Career Judiciary? (query), Schifferman, Robert P., 72: 265 (Feb.-Mar. ’89, AJS Judicature)
    • Does the Bar Have An Obligation to Help Ensure the Independence of the Judiciary (query), Raven, Robert D., 69: 66-67, 115, 117-118 (Aug.-Sep. ’85, AJS Judicature)
    • Election 1998 roundup (brief), Brief, AJS, 82: 140 (Nov.-Dec. ’98, AJS Judicature)
    • The Electoral Connection and The Pace of Litigation in Kansas, Crynes, David A., 78: 242-246 (Mar.-Apr. ’95, AJS Judicature)
    • The Electoral Fates of Incumbent Judges in the Ohio Court of Common Pleas, Baum, Lawrence, 66: 420-430 (Apr. ’83, AJS Judicature)
    • Ending Patronage In The Judiciary (editorial), Rush, Fletcher G., 62: 264 (Dec.-Jan. ’79, AJS Judicature)
    • Evaluating Judges Selected By Merit (letter), Handberg, Roger, 63: 43 (Jun.-Jul. ’79, AJS Judicature)
    • Evaluating The Black Judicial Applicant, Fish, Peter G., 62: 495-501 (May ’79, AJS Judicature)
    • Evaluating the performance of judges standing for retention (panel discussion), Discussion, Panel, 79: 190-197 (Jan.-Feb. ’96, AJS Judicature)
    • The Exercise of Advice and Consent, Simon, Paul, 76: 789-191 (Dec.-Jan. ’93, AJS Judicature)
    • Experience Needed (letter), Chambers, Susan Stevens, 72: 372 (Apr.-May ’89, AJS Judicature)
    • Filling the Bench (letter), Kellogg, John S., 72: 372 (Apr.-May ’89, AJS Judicature)
    • Financing Pennsylvania’s supreme court candidates, Eisentein, James, 84: 10-19 (July-Aug. ’00, AJS Judicature)
    • Financing Trial Court Elections: Who Contributes to California Judicial Campaigns?, Dubois, Philip L., 70: 8-16 (Jun.-Jul. ’86, AJS Judicature)
    • A Fine Job of Reporting (letter), Montante, Philip J., Jr., 62: 369 (Mar. ’79, AJS Judicature)
    • First issue of Judicial Campaign Oversight Digest (brief), Gray, Cynthia, 91: 42 (Jul-Aug ’07, AJS Judicature)
    • Fixing White (editorial), Editorial, AJS, 90: 192,194 (Mar-Apr ’07, AJS Judicature)
    • Funding Judicial Campaigns In Illinois, Nicholson, Marlene Arnold and Nicholson, Norman, 77: 294-299 (May-Jun. ’94, AJS Judicature)
    • Funding Judicial Campaigns in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Nicholson, Marlene Arnold and Weiss, Bradley Scott, 70: 17-25 (Jun.-Jul. ’86, AJS Judicature)
    • German Appellate Judges: Career Patterns and American-English Comparisons, Meador, Daniel J., 67: 16-27 (Jun.-Jul. ’83, AJS Judicature)
    • The good news in Republican Party of Minnesota v. White (viewpoint), Gray, Cynthia, 87: 271-272 (May-June ’04, AJS Judicature)
    • Governor Can Select Successor If Judge Retires Just Before Election (decision of note), Stiegler, Mayo H., 64: 470 (May ’81, AJS Judicature)
    • Governor, Courts Clash in Massachusetts (news), Richman, Dan, 60: 100-101 (Aug.-Sep. ’76, AJS Judicature)
    • Has the “New Style” of judicial campaigning reached lower court elections?,, Arbour, Brian K. and McKenzie, Mark J., 93: 150-160 (4, AJS Judicature)
    • Help sought for Judicial Elections Data Initiative (brief), Richert, David, 93: 211 (5, AJS Judicature)
    • How judicial election campaigns have changed, Abbe, Owen G. and Herrnson, Paul S., 85: 286-295 (May-June ’02, AJS Judicature)
    • How Many Commissioners In Colorado? (letter), Lawson, Harry O., 66: 229 (Dec.-Jan. ’83, AJS Judicature)
    • How Minority Judges Fare In Retention Elections, Luskin, Robert, Bratcher, Christopher N., Jordan, Christopher G., Renner, Tracy K., and Seago, Kris S., 77: 316-321 (May-Jun. ’93, AJS Judicature)
    • How should we respond to the 2010 judicial elections? (editorial), Author, No, 94: 102, 105 (Nov-Dec ’10, AJS Judicature)
    • A Hybrid Plan For Choosing Judges? (letter), Kline, Terry A., 64: 343 (Mar. ’81, AJS Judicature)
    • Illinois Supreme Court May Fill Judicial Vacancies By Merit (news), Hoelzel, Bill, 60: 350 (Feb. ’77, AJS Judicature)
    • Illinois Supreme Court Scuttles Merit Plan For Interim Vacancies (news), Author, No, 60: 456-457 (Apr. ’77, AJS Judicature)
    • The Impact of Louisville Courier-Journal’s Editorial Endorsements on the Outcome of Local Judicial Elections, Goldstein, Joel, 73: 108-112 (Aug.-Sep. ’89, AJS Judicature)
    • The Impact of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act on State Judicial Election Systems (focus), Haydel, Judith, 72: 252-253, 256 (Dec.-Jan. ’89, AJS Judicature)
    • In Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Merit Selection, Krivosha, Norman, 74: 128-132 (Oct.-Nov. ’90, AJS Judicature)
    • In Defense of the Missouri Plan (letter), Foulis, Ronald, 66: 280 (Feb. ’83, AJS Judicature)
    • Informing the Voters (letter), Hunter, Helen, 62: 317 (Feb. ’79, AJS Judicature)
    • Informing the Voters in Missouri’s Retention Elections (focus), Toohey, Gary, 76: 264-265, 271 (Feb.-Mar. ’93, AJS Judicature)
    • Interest groups and state court elections: A new era and its challenges, Thomas, Clive S., Boyer, Michael L., and Hrebenar, Ronald J., 87: 135-144, 149 (Nov.-Dec. ’03, AJS Judicature)

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