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Fed up with a system that featured campaigns for judicial office that included yard signs and bumper stickers, that forced judges to seek campaign contributions from lawyers and parties who

In our system we go to the Legislature to rescind unpopular laws. We rely on judges to decide cases presented to them in a fair and impartial way, bringing all the learning they can to achieve a result required by judicial principles, not popular opinion.

A contest for a Richland County state judge’s post underscores the low numbers of Black and minority judges in South Carolina’s judiciary.

Indiana State Sen. Lonnie Randolph, D-East Chicago, has reintroduced legislation that would move Lake County to the same system of elected judges used elsewhere in the state. Randolph’s latest push for the change comes after a federal judge ruled against a lawsuit challenging the county’s system of appointed judges earlier this month. Most Superior Court judges in Indiana are elected by ...

South Carolina’s Attorney General has called for judicial reform many times before in the past, but now he points to something that’ll happen this year that may finally change the game.

The longtime sued the Richland County Legislative Delegation after the group refused to support him for reappoint to the bench. He won, and here’s why.

In a case involving separation of legislative and judicial power, a longtime Richland County judge says some lawmakers are illegally blocking him from remaining on the bench over, he says, a dispute with a senator’s son.

The lawsuit contends the selection process for appointment of Lake Superior Court judges runs afoul of the Voting Rights Act, as well as the Indiana Constitution.

Two state tax attorneys and one from an Indianapolis law firm are the finalists to fill a vacancy in the sole judicial post at the specialized Indiana Tax Court.

Bibbs, 48, was born and raised in Michigan City. She returned to her hometown after earning her bachelors degree at Purdue and worked one year as a substitute teacher.