Indiana’s trial court judges make thousands of decisions every day. Some grab headlines. Others have deep and lasting consequences for the parties in the case. Voters select superior court judges in ...

The selection of Sam Cappas as the new Lake County Criminal Court judge shows the merit selection process works well. Gov. Mike Pence appointed Cappas on Thursday. "Sam Cappas has the legal skills and ...

Three Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices are up for retention this year, and millions have been spent already on advertising ...

Our family is in diversified businesses across our state. We don’t insist that family members (3rd generation) join the businesses, but they always have a place if they choose to. Unfortunately, this ...

INDIANAPOLIS | The Indiana Commission on Courts voted 9-0 Monday in support of legislation that would change the selection process for Lake County Superior Court county division judges. Under the ...

BROOKLYN — Chief Judge Margo K. Brodie announced the appointment of a Merit Selection Panel by the Judges of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The panel, composed of ...

VOTERS TEND TO be curious critters. They like to know where a candidate stands on the issues. They want their questions answered. Rarely is their curiosity about statewide judicial candidates ...

A CAP Action report explains why merit-selection systems and retention elections are a good way to keep judges free from politicization of elections. The Center for American Progress Action Fund today ...

Michael Gianaris, the deputy majority leader of the New York state Senate, had hoped that the recent redistricting map he helped prepare would ensure a senatorial Democratic supermajority until at ...

For years, a dogged group of advocates in Pennsylvania has called for appointing appellate court judges in a multi-step process called merit selection in a move that would replace partisan elections.