Judicial elections
As you may recall, Amendment A went down in flames in the November election. You may also recall I supported passage of the constitutional amendment, which would have moved us away from electing circuit court judges. This news item, an excerpt of which appeared in the Argus while I was gone, is an example of why this issue needs to be revisited in South Dakota:
The judge handling the first scheduled wrongful death trial over the pain reliever Vioxx received $60,000 in campaign contributions last year from political action committees funded by the law firm that filed the suit.
What power has law where only money rules.
Gaius Petronius
April 25th, 2005 | Category: Law, Politics
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