When a West Virginia Circuit Court judge leaves the bench, it’s the governor’s duty to appoint someone to fill that vacancy. There’s a legal process involved in judicial appointments, but personal philosophies also come into play when making those choices
charleston, w.va. – The Judicial Vacancy Advisory Commission is receiving applications to fill the judicial vacancy created by the death of Judge Joanna I. Tabit in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit
A judge in the Tampa, Fla. area is in hot water for campaign rhetoric attacking her opponent and calling him a bigot and anti-Semite, in a heated election that unseated a judge who prohibited an abortion in part due to a girl’s grade point average.