James Duggan
James E. Duggan was an associate justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court. He was appointed to this position by Governor Shaheen in January of 2001. He entered retirement on January 13, 2012.[1]
Duggan died on August 13, 2022.[2]
Education
Justice Duggan was a graduate of Georgetown University and Georgetown Law Center.[3]
Career
Duggan worked as the director of New Hampshire's Appellate Defender Program. He taught at the Franklin Pierce Law Center from 1977 until he joined the supreme court in 2001.[3]
Political ideology
In October 2012, political science professors Adam Bonica and Michael Woodruff of Stanford University attempted to determine the partisan ideology of state supreme court justices. They created a scoring system in which a score above 0 indicated a more conservative-leaning ideology, while scores below 0 were more liberal.
Duggan received a campaign finance score of -0.79, indicating a liberal ideological leaning. This was less liberal than the average score of -0.99 that justices received in New Hampshire.
The study was based on data from campaign contributions by the judges themselves, the partisan leaning of those who contributed to the judges' campaigns, or, in the absence of elections, the ideology of the appointing body (governor or legislature). This study was not a definitive label of a justice, but an academic summary of various relevant factors.[4]
See also
External links
- New Hampshire Judicial Branch, Associate Justice James E. Duggan
- Project Vote Smart, Associate Justice James E. Duggan (NH)
- NHPR.org, "A New Face for the State Supreme Court," December 19, 2000
Footnotes
- ↑ The Concord Monitor, "Supreme Court justice to retire," October 5, 2011
- ↑ New Hampshire Union Leader, "State supreme court justice, groundbreaking public defender dies," August 13, 2022
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 New Hampshire Judicial Branch, Associate Justice James E. Duggan
- ↑ Stanford University, "State Supreme Court Ideology and 'New Style' Judicial Campaigns," October 31, 2012
