Comments on: For sixth year in a row, Rhode Island legislature grants one-year extension to modification of state’s merit selection system http://gaveltogavel.us/site/2012/06/12/for-sixth-year-in-a-row-rhode-island-legislature-grants-one-year-extension-to-modification-of-states-merit-selection-system/ A review of state legislation affecting the courts. Tue, 21 May 2013 07:40:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Who Shaves the Barber? | Brown Political Review http://gaveltogavel.us/site/2012/06/12/for-sixth-year-in-a-row-rhode-island-legislature-grants-one-year-extension-to-modification-of-states-merit-selection-system/comment-page-1/#comment-30357 Who Shaves the Barber? | Brown Political Review Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:08:42 +0000 http://gaveltogavel.us/site/?p=4808#comment-30357 [...] Rhode Island’s judicial selection system was further modified in 2007, when Governor Carcieri signed legislation allowing the Governor to select justices from among not only the 3-5 nominees presented by the independent commission for a specific vacancy but from among any of those nominated by the JNC within the last five years. Common Cause, a non-profit judicial reform organization, notes that this change has weakened the authority of the JNC, but the modification, which was initially scheduled to sunset in 2008, has nevertheless been renewed by the General Assembly each year for the last five years. [...]

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