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Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Courts - Problems in birthplace of the Missouri plan?
"Judicial process continues to roil Missouri" is the headline to a story earlier this week in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that begins:
JEFFERSON CITY — The political tension gripping Missouri's judiciary grew more apparent Thursday as rival interest groups lambasted and lauded the three finalists among whom Gov. Matt Blunt is to appoint Missouri's newest Supreme Court judge.A group advocating an overhaul in Missouri's judicial selection process denounced the three candidates as "blatantly liberal." A group defending the status quo praised the trio as "diverse and well-qualified."
But just as revealing as their words was the mere fact that Missouri now has multiple interest groups intensely focusing on the way its judges are selected — a scenario that didn't exist when a governor last filled a Supreme Court vacancy three years ago. * * *
Dissatisfaction with the selection process has been building among some Republicans, including Blunt, who contend the nominating panels don't always give the governor choices that match his conservative philosophy.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on August 1, 2007 09:44 AM
Posted to Courts in general