Issue 5:25 is out

June 23rd, 2011 by Bill Raftery Leave a reply »

Issue 5:25 (June 17) is here.

  • Oregon’s Senate approves constitutional amendment that allows judges to teach and to continue to serve as jurists
  • Rhode Island governors may get more choices for judicial vacancies through the state’s merit selection system
  • California Senate committee approves legislation specifically authorizing veterans’ courts
  • Louisiana’s House and Senate debate several resolutions asking for judicial involvement in studies of court caseloads/jurisdictions, the state constitution, and families in need of services
  • New York’s Senate approves creation of new crimes of menacing, assault, and aggravated assault on a judge

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