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Committee tables study of judicial selection after initial 'do pass' motion fails
Summary
Representative Griffith presented House Joint Resolution 64 to create an interim study of judicial selection and transparency; an initial motion to pass failed 9-10 and a substitute motion to table carried 19-0. The measure was tabled; no public proponents or opponents spoke.
Representative Griffith, sponsor of House Joint Resolution 64, told the House State Administration committee that HJR 64 would create an interim study to examine methods of selecting and evaluating judges and to add transparency to judicial elections. Griffith said concerns about money flowing into the judiciary have grown since the Citizens United decision and described the proposal as a bipartisan, informational effort that would include the governor's office, the judiciary, retired judges and attorneys at the table.
Griffith told the committee that the study would examine three broad approaches to judicial selection — continued…
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