Competitive Elections v. Appointment Resources

Overview

• Judicial Selection in the States, American Judicature Society special web site
  
• Judicial Selection Methods in the States Map, American Judicature Society
  
• Fact Sheet on Judicial Selection Methods in the States, American Bar Association
  
• "Your State" National Map, Justice at Stake
  
• Judicial Selection and Retention, FAQs, National Center for State Courts
  
• "Judicial Selection in the States: How It Works, Why It Matters", report by the American Judicature Society and the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System
  
  

Election Reform

• 2009 State Judicial Reform Efforts, Brennan Center for Justice
• "Judicial Election Reform: Examples From Six States," 2003 American Judicature Society report
• New Politics of Judicial Elections, biannual report on state judicial elections by the Brennan Center for Justice, National Institute on Money in State Politics and Justice at Stake
  
• "2008 Supreme Court Elections: More Money, More Nastiness," Justice at Stake press release summarizing 2008 election season
  
• "Rendering Justice, With One Eye on Re-Election," May 2008 New York Times article on state judicial elections
  
• "Selling of the Judiciary: Campaign Cash in the Courtroom," April 2008 New York Times opinion column
  
• "Buying Time, 2008," Brennan Center for Justice reports on judicial campaign TV ads
  

Judicial Appointment Systems

• Judicial Selection FAQs, American Judicature Society
• "Voters in Four Jurisdictions Opt for Merit Selection," American Judicature Society release
• Choosing Judges, Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts web page
• Merit Selection, Pennsyvlanians for Modern Courts web page
• "Promoting 'Merit' in Merit Selection," U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform
• "Model Judicial Selection Provisions," American Judicature Society report