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Alaska Judicial Council recommends judges for retention on November ballot

The Alaska Judicial Council released a report Tuesday that all judges standing for retention met or exceeded performance standards. Alaska judges do not run a

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Alaska’s Nationally Respected Judicial System Is Under Threat

Alaska’s founders wisely studied the mistakes identified by other states and wrote a constitution they believed would better serve Alaskans. One example: How Alaskans select

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A Plan to Seek the “Best Available Timber”

Greetings from Alaskans for Fair Courts: When delegates first gathered in 1955 to draft Alaska’s constitution, they were determined to craft a system for selecting

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Chief Justice Daniel Winfree State of the Judiciary Address 2023

Report to the First Regular Session of the 33rd Alaska Legislature on February 1, 2023 by Chief Justice Daniel E....

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Judges are on November’s Ballot

Alaska Judicial Council’s Executive Director, Susanne Dipietro reminding us that Judicial Retention will be on November’s Ballot. Source: KBear

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Alaska Court System fires magistrate judge who wrote public letter criticizing Republican Party

The Alaska Court System fired the state’s longest-serving magistrate judge on Wednesday after he wrote a letter to the editor saying that the Republican Party “is actively

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Alaska shouldn’t risk the free-for-all of a constitutional convention

The Alaska Constitution requires that every 10 years, voters consider whether it’s time to elect and convene a group of several dozen Alaskans to rewrite

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Gov. Dunleavy wants new nominees for Alaska Supreme Court vacancy in latest dispute over judicial picks

With 10 days to pick Alaska’s next Supreme Court justice, Gov. Mike Dunleavy is pushing back against a list of nominees sent to him by

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Babcock attack undermines judicial independence

The only thing missing from the ignorant rant by State Farm insurance agent Kristie Babcock against Chief Justice Joel Bolger was the acknowledgment of the

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Alaska governor reignites fight over judicial picks

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy asked the council that screens and nominates judicial applicants Thursday for a new slate of candidates for

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Attacks on Chief Justice Bolger are unfounded, unprofessional

In a recent opinion piece, Kristie Babcock called into question Chief Justice Joel Bolger’s dedication to fairness, diversity and rural Alaska, based on his vote declining to advance

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Kristie Babcock’s Hatchet Job on Joel Bolger

When WC was a first year law student in Chicago, our Civil Procedure professor took us to Cook County Courthouse to meet the presiding judge

Archive for the Category ‘Updates’

Alaska Judicial Council recommends judges for retention on November ballot

Alaska’s Nationally Respected Judicial System Is Under Threat

A Plan to Seek the “Best Available Timber”

Chief Justice Daniel Winfree State of the Judiciary Address 2023

Judges are on November’s Ballot

Alaska Court System fires magistrate judge who wrote public letter criticizing Republican Party

Alaska shouldn’t risk the free-for-all of a constitutional convention

Gov. Dunleavy wants new nominees for Alaska Supreme Court vacancy in latest dispute over judicial picks

Babcock attack undermines judicial independence

Alaska governor reignites fight over judicial picks

Attacks on Chief Justice Bolger are unfounded, unprofessional

Kristie Babcock’s Hatchet Job on Joel Bolger

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