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Friday, August 29, 2008
Ind. Courts - Report on Thursday's meeting of the Commision on Courts
Last Friday, Aug. 22nd, I attended the meeting of the Commission on Courts to testify about the Indiana Code. The agenda for the next meeting, which took place yesterday, Aug. 28th, looked so interesting that I attended again, this time as a reporter for the ILB.
And a wise decision it was. I came back with pages of notes. Over the upcoming weekend I will reporting to you on:
(1) The judiciary's effort to address the complaints of lack of information for Indiana voters who are asked to decide whether to vote "yes" or "no" on the retention of appellate judges. As you will recall, the ILB attempted to address that issue in 2006 with the creation of a special website, Resources for the 2006 Indiana Appellate Judicial Retention Election. This election cycle, the Court has created its own website.
(2) Judicial mandates. There was a long and lively discussion of judicial mandates yesterday, from the point of view of both the judges and the local officials who have budget-making authority. I, for one, learned some things. In my notes I see I jotted down: "More nuanced than I had realized." Watch for it.
(3) Representative Ralph M. Foley's 2006 effort, HB 1419, to change the Judicial Nominating Commission and the way appellate judges are retained. Rep. Foley is urging the consideration of the proposal again in the 2009 session. Looking back to 2006, I see I wrote quite a bit about the proposal at the time and will bring you up to date.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on August 29, 2008 02:14 PM
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