Tag: State courts

  • Maine Supreme Judicial Court hears arguments about the role of ballot referenda in overturning state administrative agency decisions

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    On August 5, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court heard oral arguments in a case about whether voters may use the ballot referendum process to reverse actions taken by a state administrative agency. At issue is a ballot referendum set to appear on the November 2020 ballot that would overturn a state agency decision giving a…

  • DeSantis appoints judge, attorney to Florida Court of Appeals

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    On July 29, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R ) filled two vacancies on the Florida Second District Court of Appeal. The court is one of five intermediate appellate courts in Florida. Intermediate appellate courts serve as an intermediate step between the trial courts and the courts of last resort in a state. The Florida District…

  • Davis joins Tennessee Court of Appeals after delayed confirmation

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    Over 60 days after Gov. Bill Lee (R) appointed Kristi Davis to the Tennessee Court of Appeals, Davis was confirmed and sworn into office. She resigned from her position on the state’s Sixth Circuit Court on July 31 and assumed office on the appellate court on August 3. Davis fills the vacancy created by the…

  • Taylor leaves Wisconsin Legislature, replaces Karofsky on Dane County Circuit Court

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    Rep. Chris Taylor (D) resigned from the Wisconsin State Assembly on August 1 to be sworn in as the new Branch 12 judge on the Dane County Circuit Court that same day. Taylor fills the vacancy created by Jill Karofsky’s election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Karofsky left the circuit court to be sworn in…

  • Wisconsin Supreme Court justice to be sworn in during ultramarathon

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    Jill Karofsky, who won election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court on April 7 of this year, will be sworn in while running an ultramarathon race on Saturday. She plans to stop at mile 35 of a 100-mile race for a socially-distanced ceremony over which Justice Rebecca F. Dallet will preside. Karofsky defeated incumbent Daniel Kelly…

  • Texas Court of Appeals judge killed in accident

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    Appellate judge David Bridges (R), who sat in Place 1 on the Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals, was killed on July 25 when an individual driving under the influence of alcohol hit Bridges as he was driving on the freeway. Bridges had served on the court since 1996. Bridges was running for re-election to…

  • Texas Supreme Court Justice Green to retire in August

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    Texas Supreme Court Justice Paul Green is retiring on August 31, 2020. Green joined the court in 2005 after winning election to the position on November 2, 2004. Before that, he served for 10 years as a justice on the Texas Fourth District Court of Appeals, taking the bench after being elected in 1994. He…

  • Louisiana state executive and judicial filing deadline ends July 24

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    On July 24, 2020, the filing deadline passed to run for state executive and judicial offices in Louisiana. Candidates filed for the following offices: Louisiana Public Service Commission (two seats) Louisiana Supreme Court (two seats) Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal (13 seats) The primary is scheduled for November 3, and the general election will be…

  • Keller appointed to Connecticut Supreme Court

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    On July 20, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) appointed appellate judge Christine E. Keller to the state supreme court. If confirmed by the Connecticut General Assembly, Keller will fill the vacancy created when former justice Richard Palmer reached the mandatory retirement age of 70 in May 2020. Keller has served on the Connecticut Court of…

  • Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court justice set to retire in August 2020

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    Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Justice Barbara Lenk is retiring on August 17, 2020. Lenk reached the court’s mandatory retirement age of 70 years old. On April 4, 2011, Governor Patrick nominated Lenk for a seat on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. She was confirmed by the Governor’s Council on May 4, 2011. Lenk was the…