Judicial nominating commissioners: a national profile. Although judicial nominating commissioners are the cornerstone of the merit plan, we know very little ...
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Judicial nominating commissioners: a national profile Although judicial nominating commissioners are the cornerstone of the merit plan, we know very little about them as individuals. This nationwide survey furthers our understandingof their political,social and economic backgrounds, and how they view the nominatingprocess. by Beth M. Henschen, Robert Moog and Steven Davis
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Kales, a founder of the American
Judicature Society, proposed a eventy-five years ago, Albert by selection method of judicial which the most distinguished members of the bar, regardless of partisan affiliation or friendship with an appointing executive, could be placed on the bench. Versions of Kales' plan, calling for a list of well-qualified nominees to be drawn up by a judicial commission, were introduced in several state legislatures during the 1930s, and in 1940 Missouri became the first state to put one into effect.' Since that time, 32 additional states and
