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Issue 6:19 is out – Collecting court debts, merit selection in MO, governing NH’s circuit courts, CT judicial compensation, e-filing in CA

Bill Raftery — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:20:53 +0000

Issue 6:19 is here.

Hawaii’s Senate passes for second time plan to let CJ call retired judges back into service
California bill would expand civil e-filing
Bills advancing in Missouri and Oklahoma would permit use of debt collection agencies to recover money owed the courts
Changes to Missouri’s merit selection for appellate court judges approved by Senate

Bill Raftery — Fri, 04 May 2012 12:49:31 +0000

Issue 6:18 is here.

NH House Judiciary committee rejects effort to impeach marital master and possibly the entire Superior Court bench
Bills to help pay for court technology advance in SC, TN
Merit selection changes in MO, TN
Veterans courts debated in LA, OK
Assembly committee approves plan to unionize California’s AOC

Bill Raftery — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:31:39 +0000

Issue 6:17 is here.

Increasing small claims limits in LA, MN, NY
Merit selection changes in MO, TN
MO House approves bill that prohibits state judges from enforcing federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Bill Raftery — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:29:15 +0000

Issue 6:16 is here.

OK legislature on verge of overriding judicial compensation commission’s recommended 6% increase in judicial salaries
Multiple judicial selection bills advance in TN
NH Senate Finance committee approves changes to judicial performance evaluation

Bill Raftery — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:18:21 +0000

Issue 6:15 is here.

MO bill would require judges use orginalist interpretation of law and constitution
More and more activity in TN on judicial selection
Veterans’ courts advance in MO & TN, MD will study the issue

Bill Raftery — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:48:37 +0000

Issue 6:14 is here.

Bill Raftery — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:29:49 +0000

Issue 6:13 is here.

Kansas’ House moves to limit courts’ jurisdiction
Bill before GA governor would require all municipal judges receive same training
New Hampshire House votes to remove supreme court’s rule making power, unilaterally declare existing rule void
Changes to merit selection advance in Hawaii, Missouri, and Tennessee
Alabama’s House and Senate pass bills to contend with false liens on judges

Bill Raftery — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:46:24 +0000

Issue 6:12 is here.

Focus Trend: Court e-filing (go visit a fellow NCSC blog, the Court Technology Bulletin for even more info!)
Minnesota bill would cut judicial funding for every dollar court orders state to pay
Maryland may increase judicial retirement age from 70 to 72
Changes to judicial salaries advance in Hawaii, Idaho, and Maryland
Public financing of judicial elections moving in Kentucky, dead in Wisconsin
Specialized courts: Arizona looks likely to get homeless courts
Maryland House committee rejects effort to use judicial disciplinary system to punish judges for their decisions

Bill Raftery — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:26:05 +0000

Issue 6:11 is here.

Focus Trend: Court Interpreters/Court Interpretation
Changes to small claims limits advance in Arizona & introduced in Louisiana
Hawaii’s Senate approves increase to mandatory judicial retirement age while Wyoming’s Senate rejects elimination
Florida’s legislature adopts numerous measures to fund state’s judiciary
Partisanship in judicial picks: Arizona & West Virginia may require those picked to fill judicial vacancies be of same party as those they are replacing, while Georgia may make some currently non-partisan races partisan
Specialized courts: Veterans courts approved in Maine & Hawaii; domestic violence courts in West Virginia
IL bill would require clerks of court post victims’ rights statement outside every criminal courtroom door

Bill Raftery — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:44:02 +0000

Issue 6:10 is here.

International/sharia law bans advancing in Alabama, Florida, Missouri, and South Dakota
Changes to mandatory judicial retirement ages moving in AL & FL, killed in VA
Specialized courts: Veterans courts approved in Maine, Missouri, & Oklahoma; domestic violence courts in West Virginia
Minnesota Senate joins House in efforts to remove all members of judicial disciplinary body and replace with legislators
Tennessee Senate rejects constitutional amendment to diminish judicial salaries while in office
Bills to enhance penalties for attacks on court staff advance in Georgia and Wisconsin