judicial-selection

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-5422 Jeffrey Alan Olson v. United States, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-08-20 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP appellate-review civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-rights court-selection due-process federal-courts federal-procedure judicial-independence judicial-selection standing Judicial-selection
20-185 Rickey Nelson Jones v. Mary Ellen Barbera, Chief Judge, Court of Appeals of Maryland Maryland 2020-08-19 Denied Response Waived civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process equal-protection judicial-appointment judicial-review judicial-selection maryland-law race-discrimination standing Was the United States Constitution violated when the highest court in Maryland supported the lower courts' decisions to apply federal statutory discri…
19-8350 Christopher R. Desmond v. Delaware Third Circuit 2020-04-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP appointment-clause appointments-clause civil-procedure constitutional-law delaware-judges judicial-qualifications judicial-selection separation-of-powers standing state-judicial-appointments state-judiciary whether-delaware-judges-appointed-unconstitutionally
19-309 John C. Carney, Governor of Delaware v. James R. Adams Third Circuit 2019-09-06 Judgment Issued Amici (20)Relisted (4) civil-rights constitutional-law due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-appointments judicial-independence judicial-qualifications judicial-selection party-affiliation political-balance political-party standing state-constitution state-sovereignty Does the First Amendment invalidate a longstanding state constitutional provision that limits judges affiliated with any one political party to no mor…
18-7758 Mary Cummins v. Amanda Lollar Texas 2019-02-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure court-procedure due-process fair-trial impartial-tribunal judge-selection judicial-bias judicial-ethics judicial-selection texas-courts trial-fairness visiting-judge visiting-judges Is a trial by a visiting Judge according to Texas regulations a fair trial?