http://gaveltogavel.us/site/2011/10/11/why-senate-confirmation-for-state-judicial-nominees-why-not-house-or-joint/ A review of state legislation affecting the courts. Thu, 23 May 2013 16:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://gaveltogavel.us/site/2011/10/11/why-senate-confirmation-for-state-judicial-nominees-why-not-house-or-joint/comment-page-1/#comment-14101 Why Senate reconfirmation for incumbent state judges? Why not House? Or joint? Or election? » Gavel to Gavel Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:59:40 +0000 http://gaveltogavel.us/site/?p=3110#comment-14101 [...] Several weeks ago I looked at the historical development of why some states have legislative involvement in judicial confirmation for their appellate courts and whether it was only the state’s senate that had a role or if it was a joint process. To reiterate, one of the big presses in the last year has been to put into place something akin to the “federal model” of senate (only) confirmation. But unlike the federal model, which includes life tenure, almost all these proposals include a reconfirmation at some point. [...]

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