The dispute over judicial elections versus merit selection in Indiana’s most populous — and diverse — counties isn’t new, but it is ongoing. Right now, the debate seems to be centered on Lake County.
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The Marion County Judicial Selection Committee has unanimously voted to recommend retention of all 13 Marion Superior judges whose names will be on the ballot in November.
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The law requires that candidates include a disclaimer when a political ad includes the use of generative AI, and it creates a path for legal action when candidates believe they are misrepresented.
Despite obvious disdain for the disparities, a federal judge has ruled in favor of the state on a lawsuit alleging the process of judicial selection — rather than election — in Lake County is discriminatory and unconstitutional.
A seventh House member announced he will not seek reelection in the fall, joining the growing list of House members opting to pursue other opportunities.
Continuing a statewide trend, Republican candidates dominated Indiana’s contested judicial races in the Nov. 8 election. Democrats, however, did see victories in a handful of key contests.
Dozens of candidates are vying for elected seats in a number of county prosecutorial and judicial races. Following is a breakdown of the contested races and each candidate’s latest campaign finance reports.
Indiana Lawyer reviewed the results of appellate retention votes and ISBA member polls for the last 12 years. Highlighted are selected results.
Continuing the debate over merit selection versus election of Indiana’s trial court judges, the Lake County commissioners have approved a resolution calling for the Indiana General Assembly to allow county residents to vote on their superior court judges.
A former Adams County Drug Court judge has been banned from judicial service in Indiana for life after violating judicial conduct rules related to his failed 2020 reelection campaign.
Five Indiana counties will get additional judicial resources after Gov. Eric Holcomb signed legislation allowing for additional magistrates and courts. One county, however, will lose a court that had previously been approved.
Despite final pleas from Lake County Democratic lawmakers to kill a controversial judicial selection bill that one said treats their county and St. Joseph County “as stepchildren,” the Indiana House voted Wednesday to agree to Senate amendments, sending House Bill 1453 to Gov. Eric Holcomb.
Legislation that would eliminate attorney input and increase the role of the governor and county officials in appointing commission members who nominate candidates for the trial court benches in Lake and St. Joseph counties continues to advance in the Indiana General Assembly despite vocal opposition from lawyers, judges and bar associations.
Your publication recently printed an article discussing the Indiana State Bar Association’s objections to Indiana Senate Joint Resolution 16. The bar association’s complaint about SJR 16, and the slant of the article, is that the resolution proposes to “strip” Hoosier voters of the power to retain Indiana appellate court judges and Supreme Court justices. I do not believe that complaint is well-founded.
For the second time this year, the Indiana State Bar Association is publicly opposing legislation targeting judicial selection in Indiana, this time speaking against a bill that it says would “unnecessarily change a working system” for judicial selection in Lake and St. Joseph counties.
Former municipal court judges in Madison and Vigo counties who have been elected to their county trial court benches will continue to preside over their former dockets at least temporarily, the Indiana Supreme Court has ordered.
The Indiana Supreme Court has certified two additional judicial officers as senior judges for 2021.
Although the results of the United States presidential race were delayed well beyond Election Night, Hoosiers learned the winners of several state and local races soon after the polls closed as Republicans secured their grip on state and federal offices.
A Clark County judge who was suspended for his involvement in a drunken Indianapolis brawl that ended with his and a fellow judge’s shooting trailed in his reelection bid, as did another judge in the southern Indiana county. They were among a handful of Indiana trial court judges facing ouster at the hands of voters.
Each of the seven Indiana appellate judges up for retention this year have received favorable recommendations from members of the Indiana State Bar Association. The state bar released results of its retention survey Wednesday morning.
An Indiana judge has said it’s too late to take his name off the November ballot and he will not serve if elected to a third term due to health issues.
Attorney Brian M. Johnson has been chosen by the Knox County Republican Party to be the party’s candidate on the November ballot for the Knox Superior Court bench.