Arizona to undergo possible changes to judicial selection
February 9, 2010
Arizona: Republican Senator Jack Harper is sponsoring a proposal that would fundamentally change the way judges are selected and put in office in Arizona. He is pushing for a constitutional amendment that would remove the current merit selection system that the state has for choosing judges, and replace it with a system where the Governor would nominate and appoint judges and then have them confirmed by the Senate. The proposal is being opposed by former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor who helped to put the current merit system in place in 1974.[1]
Footnotes
Federal courts:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Arizona • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Arizona
State courts:
Arizona Supreme Court • Arizona Court of Appeals • Arizona Superior Court • Arizona Justice Courts • Arizona Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Arizona • Arizona judicial elections • Judicial selection in Arizona
