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Mental Health Court Added to North Alabama Judicial Circuit
By BENJAMIN BULLARD, The Cullman Times CULLMAN, Ala. (AP) — A new mental health program is now a part of a north Alabama judicial circuit, augmenting other programs already in place aimed at addressing the underlying issues that may contribute to nonviolent criminal behavior. Overseen by presiding Circuit Judge Greg Nicholas in partnership with other …
Breaking the glass ceiling: Kang tracking female judicial appointments around the globe | Nebraska Today
For the past seven years, political scientist Alice Kang has been tracking when and how women broke the glass ceiling to be appointed to the highest courts in democratic countries. Kang, associate professor of political science and ethnic studies at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, teamed up with researchers from Texas A&M University and Arizona State University …
GOP says Raimondo breaking law by ignoring its picks for judicial nominating panel – News – providencejournal.com
PROVIDENCE — House GOP Leader Blake Filippi says Gov. Gina Raimondo’s refusal so far to appoint any one of the people of color he has nominated to the state’s Judicial Nominating Commission is a violation of state law. Filippi said he has provided the governor with two lists since July 6 that include the names …
Judicial nominee pledges open mind on health law he blasted
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge nominated to the nation’s second-most powerful court said Wednesday that he was writing as an academic and commentator when he criticized as “indefensible” a Supreme Court ruling upholding the Affordable Care Act. Justin Walker, a 37-year-old protege of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, …
Closing technology gap a main concern for judicial council
By Brooke Conrad Carolina Journal News Service Raleigh — The State Judicial Council convened Thursday, Dec. 5, to discuss judicial branch reforms and to push for increased funding. “We need to think about adequately staffing our branch of government,” Chief Justice Cheri Beasley said during her address to the council. “We need to think about innovative …
Breaking Judicial Norms: A History
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is widely reported to have told his Democratic colleagues on Saturday that “nothing is off the table for next year” if Republicans confirm a Supreme Court nominee in this Congress. He means this as a threat that Democrats will break the filibuster and pack the Court with more Justices in …