Judge Allen Baddour opening statement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWHSb9zt9CoAdam Stein opening statement. Covers litigation experience, ends with suggestion that we need someone with defense experience to balance out the current tip towards judges with prosecutorial experience.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddMtARLKxJ0Judge Carl Fox opening statement. Starts about 20 seconds in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI3vw0Kw4XcJudge Chuck Anderson opening statement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utvNZjrJiC4Question #1: Importance of community? Your role in the community?
Carl Fox question #1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwN9TfcXEQ8Chuck Anderson question #1. Batteries died – missing segment – then end segment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIk9VRvKJt0Allen Baddour question #1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLKOXlimO1wAdam Stein question #1. Disagrees about community service…. Filled my camera card. Clipped part of answer. Finishes speaking about affordable housing project his wife and him built south of town. Adam was a good sport – carrying on though through the embarrassing din of me dropping a battery.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBtSXRhH95kQuestion #2: What role should political parties play in judge elections?
Chuck Anderson question #2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooLHsLkTgNgAllen Baddour question #2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG4ZCHDKZpUAdam Stein question #2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX2Cecb7NhsCarl Fox question #2.
Four things: introduction, registration, education – voter GOTV judgeships, education/information about candidates.
Great digression on the Senate’s evolution into a legislative body made up of the modern day equivalent of the landed aristocracy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Kt0AO1e0vwThe next questions were posed from one candidate to all the candidates (including themselves).
Allen Baddour starts by asking “What is the most important thing you plan to accomplish, if elected, over the next 8 years?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7u9Tu8CY6EAdam Stein goes first with a very peculiar take – and a statement about his entering the race knowing he can only serve a fraction of his term.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65DldlLiTNYCarl Fox.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFs2G4ATVroChuck Anderson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BaIt0gtumkAllen Baddour answers his own question.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjTUnrnSF-EChuck Stein asks for everyones relevant trial experience – starting with “run of the mill” felonies and ending with Supreme Court briefs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nUFfPxEQUUCarl Fox goes first joking that his 20+ years as District Attorney meant he hasn’t argued any defense trials.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NheUOoIyeEgChuck Anderson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLg0fZ9FgsMAllen Baddour.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4vyhS-l9dMAdam Stein answers his own question.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxcqhlrfc8UCarl Fox starts with the observation that 9 out of 10 people sitting in the audience are young African-American males. Striking at a critical problem within our justice system he asks “What are we doing wrong that is causing so many males to end up in court and what can we do to fix the situation?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arv1SEMK-B4Chuck Anderson starts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkdJZAf3U7YAllen Baddour continues his theme of early intervention and education – proactively addressing the problems of our current generation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbK2sw3IaL4Adam Stein.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJAhB9xJ-pYCarl Fox answers his own question.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK6V8jUSyLgChuck Anderson asks how the current system for selecting our judges (by election) might be modified to better serve the public [no video, had to switch batteries].
Allen Baddour starts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp2iEzkMboYAdam Stein continues. The end of his statement is clipped.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X474z9et8xMAnd then the last of my batteries went kaput. I apologize to Carl and Chuck for not capturing their last answers of the evening. My notes of their answers:
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….