The Selling of the Judiciary: Campaign Cash ‘in the Courtroom’ - NY Times

By Dorothy Samuels

“We put cash in the courtrooms, and it’s just wrong,” Sandra Day O’Connor, the former Supreme Court justice, declared at the start of a conference in New York last week on a growing threat to judicial independence and integrity: the escalating millions that special interests are pouring into state judicial elections in an effort to buy favorable rulings.

Thomas J. Moyer: Wisconsin has chance to improve faith in courts

Ohio Chief Justice Thomas Moyer endorses Wisconsin's plan to establish a voluntary public financing system for races for the state's highest court and enhance public confidence in the judicial system.

Read the whole story.... then

TAKE OUR INTERACTIVE imPACT QUIZ

Take the quiz now to see what you know about the Ohio government.

Visit Midwest Democracy Network partners

The Joyce Foundation
Midwest Democracy Network

INFORMATIONAL imPACT VIDEO

Watch our video