Comments on: Here comes the Judge: The Forum http://citizenwill.org/2006/10/11/here-comes-the-judge-the-forum/ Chapel Hill and the World One Post at a Time Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:51:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Administrator http://citizenwill.org/2006/10/11/here-comes-the-judge-the-forum/comment-page-1/#comment-2469 Administrator Thu, 12 Oct 2006 18:48:28 +0000 http://citizenwill.org/2006/10/11/here-comes-the-judge-the-forum/#comment-2469 BTW Eric, ever think of running for Superior Court? BTW Eric, ever think of running for Superior Court?

]]> By: Administrator http://citizenwill.org/2006/10/11/here-comes-the-judge-the-forum/comment-page-1/#comment-2468 Administrator Thu, 12 Oct 2006 17:22:19 +0000 http://citizenwill.org/2006/10/11/here-comes-the-judge-the-forum/#comment-2468 Good point Eric. Good point Eric.

]]> By: Eric Muller http://citizenwill.org/2006/10/11/here-comes-the-judge-the-forum/comment-page-1/#comment-2467 Eric Muller Thu, 12 Oct 2006 16:09:23 +0000 http://citizenwill.org/2006/10/11/here-comes-the-judge-the-forum/#comment-2467 Will, I didn't think Adam Stein's answer to Allen Baddour's question was especially peculiar. I think Adam (rightly) saw the "over the next 8 years" part of the question as a veiled reference to the mandatory retirement age, and that Adam took the opportunity to respond accordingly. Will, I didn’t think Adam Stein’s answer to Allen Baddour’s question was especially peculiar. I think Adam (rightly) saw the “over the next 8 years” part of the question as a veiled reference to the mandatory retirement age, and that Adam took the opportunity to respond accordingly.

]]> By: Administrator http://citizenwill.org/2006/10/11/here-comes-the-judge-the-forum/comment-page-1/#comment-2466 Administrator Thu, 12 Oct 2006 02:29:08 +0000 http://citizenwill.org/2006/10/11/here-comes-the-judge-the-forum/#comment-2466 Here's some very, very, very raw notes. fox - appellate selection - most current appelate judges haven't served as superior judges, electing of judges then have a retention election anderson - unlikely we can change the way NC selects judges - legislative actions - how many folks of high quality are discouraged form running? the current system kind of screens out good candidates - don't want to expose themselves to election - %85 of electorate (Timson) doesn't know candidates or issues in current election.... Here’s some very, very, very raw notes.

fox – appellate selection – most current appelate judges haven’t served as superior judges, electing of judges then have a retention election

anderson – unlikely we can change the way NC selects judges – legislative actions – how many folks of high quality are discouraged form running? the current system kind of screens out good candidates – don’t want to expose themselves to election – %85 of electorate (Timson) doesn’t know candidates or issues in current election….

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