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Selecting Judges: Merit Selection and Other Matters

 
 Volume/Number:  2009 November 
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 Description:  The Paul Simon Public Policy Institute is pleased to publish this paper from Dr. Stephen L. Wasby who is Professor of Political Science Emeritus at the University at Albany-SUNY. Steve, who is a former Professor of Political Science at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, is a nationally recognized expert in the field of constitutional law and judicial processes. In this paper he surveys the various plans for selecting judges utilized by the fifty states. These plans break down broadly into elective versus appointive systems with those who use elections further distinguished by partisan versus non-partisan elections. The most popular plan is the Merit Selection or Missouri Plan which originated in our neighboring state. This plan has received much attention lately and it is the one most directly addressed in Wasbys paper. 
 Date Created:  11-03-2009 
 Agency ID:  Paper # 15 
 ISL ID:  000000054654   Original UID: 176065 FIRST WORD: Selecting 
 

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Still the Wild West? a 10-Year Look at Campaign Finance Reform in Illinois

 
 Volume/Number:  2006 September 
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 Description:  Kent Redfield used to tell a great story while on the speaking circuit in 1996. To describe a weakness in Illinois campaign finance laws, he explained that if a terrorist organization filed a routine semiannual report with the Illinois State Board of Elections and declared its purpose to be the assassination of public officials, the elections boards only role would be to make certain that the group had filed the paperwork properly. That's because the board had no authority to begin an investigation or to question what was in a candidates reports. Illinois laws regarding campaign finance disclosure had no teeth, and they had changed very little in the two decadessince being enacted in 1974. 
 Date Created:  10-06-2006 
 Agency ID:  Paper # 5 
 ISL ID:  000000054644   Original UID: 176054 FIRST WORD: Still