6 results for 'cat:"Elections" AND cat:"Judiciary"'.
Per curiam, the Florida Supreme Court rejects the proposed stipulation between the Judicial Qualifications Commission and Polk County Judge John Flynn for alleged misconduct during his 2022 campaign. The commission misinterpreted the Code of Judicial Conduct, as the meeting the judge attended was not a political party function.
Court: Florida Supreme Court, Judge: Per curiam, Filed On: March 21, 2024, Case #: SC2023-1435, Categories: elections, judiciary
Per curiam, the Texas Supreme Court finds that Justice John Devine will be eligible to run for reelection to the Texas Supreme Court if he can fix defects in his ballot application. Opponent Brian Walker, who currently sits on the 2nd Court of Appeals, argues that some of Devine's signatures on his application are invalid, but his challenge to the signature petition was "not brought promptly" and precedent requires that "the challenged candidate first be given an opportunity to cure a defect in his petition signatures" before having his application rejected.
Court: Texas Supreme Court, Judge: Per curiam, Filed On: January 11, 2024, Case #: 24-0016 , Categories: elections, Government, judiciary
Per curiam, the Texas Supreme Court grants a civil court judge's petition for mandamus relief, finding that an error she made in her application to be on the 2024 ballot is not a means to disqualify her from being included in the election. The judge, who is running for reelection, failed to provide her bar number in her application for a judicial seat in Harris County and the county Democratic party chair denied her application because of the error. A party chair has the authority to reject applications that do not comply with statutory requirements, but they may not exclude candidates who meet all requirements but fail to comply with the specific section cited by the party chair in this case.
Court: Texas Supreme Court, Judge: Per curiam, Filed On: January 10, 2024, Case #: 24-0007, Categories: elections, judiciary
J. Upadhyaya denies a news network's motion for recusal in a defamation case filed by an election technology and software company. The judge's prior representation in the Maduro case concerning reports of election integrity in Venezuela does not constitute the same matter in controversy.
Court: USDC District of Columbia, Judge: Upadhyaya, Filed On: December 16, 2023, Case #: 1:21cv2900, NOS: Assault, Libel, & Slander - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: elections, judiciary, Defamation
J. Thapar finds the Kentucky Supreme Court candidates are not entitled to a preliminary injunction to halt proceedings in a lawsuit regarding their potentially illegal campaign activities. They lost their elections in November 2022 and, therefore, will suffer no irreparable harm if the suit is allowed to proceed. Affirmed.
Court: 6th Circuit, Judge: Thapar, Filed On: August 16, 2023, Case #: 22-5938, Categories: elections, judiciary, First Amendment
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J. Moody finds in favor of the state in a lawsuit challenging Arkansas's use of at-large voting for judges on the Arkansas Supreme Court and the current district configuration for the Arkansas Court of Appeals. The groups bringing the suit claim that the current voting method underrepresents Black voters in violation of the federal Voting Rights Act. The groups' proposal for a supreme court district designed to elect a justice of a particular race "would uniquely harm the accountability and judicial independence that linkage serves, because the 'announced purpose' of this system 'would be to assist a predominantly Black section of the state in electing Black judges."
Court: USDC Eastern District of Arkansas , Judge: Moody, Filed On: July 25, 2023, Case #: 4:19cv402, NOS: Voting - Civil Rights, Categories: elections, Government, judiciary