A little more than two weeks after a sitting state Supreme Court justice was suspended from the bench in the wake of criminal charges alleging she used legislative and judicial staff to perform campaign work, the state House of Representatives Judiciary Committeehas once again chosen not to approve proposed “merit selection” legislation.
On June 5, the committee voted 13-12 to table HB 1815, which proposed a system under which the governor would have nominated, based on the recommendations of a 15-member Appellate Court Nominating Commission, candidates to fill state appellate court vacancies pending approval of the state Senate.
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