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Senator raises concerns about judicial nominating commission and public confidence in courts during call-up of Senate File 407
Summary
After Senator Whitver called up Senate File 407, a senator on the floor said judges have 'too much influence,' defended balanced nominating-commission membership of attorneys and citizen appointees, and read a message from a local attorney expressing concern about the bill.
Senator Whitver, the senator from Polk, called up Senate File 407 on the floor.
Following that call, a senator who was not identified by name in the transcript criticized perceived political influence in the judiciary and discussed the composition of judicial nominating commissions. “I think that, right now, the judge just has too much influence,” the senator said, adding that public confidence in the judicial system “has been in serious decline.”
The senator defended the current state-level nominating…
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