Judges on Nov ballot - 24hourcampfire

Anybody know where I can get info on the judges that will be on this years ballot?

Nevermind, I found it.

http://www.ajc.state.ak.us/retention/retent2014/ret2014.html

the news paper up here puts out a election guide .... I always vote no on them

every once and a while a group/family will raise a stink because of a judges action...they got skin in the game ...i'll find out more/what happen.... and then I may vote yes

Stephanie Rhodes is the only one on that list that I would vote "yes" for. That takes a lot for me because I don't believe in retaining Judges.

Dana Fabe needs to retire. She was a Superior Court Judge in Anchorage for only three years and then was placed on the Supreme Court by Knowles. She is a die-hard progressive liberal.

Ed

I didn't see Dana Fabe on the list of judges for this coming election Ed. The AJC did reccomend voting no for William Estelle though.

No on all of them.

A judge almost never fails to be retained because most people blindly vote yes.

http://judgepedia.org/Alaska

I retain judges appointed by republicans, their backgrounds and organization membership. It's silly to unseat a pro-gun judge.

The only one I know of that was not retained was in part because he referred to a clerk's nipples poking through her top as "hillbilly thermometers".

I love that line.

Originally Posted by ironbender

The only one I know of that was not retained was in part because he referred to a clerk's nipples poking through her top as "hillbilly thermometers".

I love that line.

TFF,

gonna steal that one

Originally Posted by AkMtnHntr

I didn't see Dana Fabe on the list of judges for this coming election Ed. The AJC did reccomend voting no for William Estelle though.

I know. The Supremes are on 10 year terms and she was reinstated for another one back in '10, so y'all are stuck with her through 2020.

Ed

Originally Posted by ironbender

The only one I know of that was not retained was in part because he referred to a clerk's nipples poking through her top as "hillbilly thermometers".

I love that line.

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yum!!! I like them kind myself !!

I generally vote for or against retention based on LE's ratings in the AJC survey. There have only been a couple I voted on based on my own experiences and observations in their courtroom.

For the most part, only up until the last 3-4 years or so most of our district court proceedings out in the bush have been handled by magistrates.

I always vote to "not retain" for all of them. It is a 10 year gig if I read it correctly and I've not seen any consistently good decisions from any of them. What is the term for other than supreme court justices?