PARTISAN PRESURRES ON THE NONPARTISAN PLAN

• NCJ Number: 18115
• Journal: Judicature Volume: 58 Issue: 5 Dated: (DECEMBER 1974) Pages: 217-221
• Author(s): J J ALFINI
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 5 pages
• Corporate Author: American Judicature Soc
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

STATE JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSIONS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY LAW TO BE BIPARTISAN ARE LESS LIKELY TO LET POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS AFFECT THEIR NOMINATIONS THAN PARTISAN OR UNCONTROLLED COMMISSIONS.

Abstract

THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES THE POLITICAL MAKEUP OF JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSIONS IN COLORADO, FLORIDA, IOWA, AND MARYLAND. COLORADO, THE ONLY STATE OF THESE FOUR THAT HAS BIPARTISAN COMMISSIONS ESTABLISHED BY LAW, INDICATED THAT POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS WERE LESS OF A FACTOR IN THEIR DECISIONS THAN THE OTHER FOUR STATES.