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Wasilla lawmaker introduces bill that would upend the way Alaska selects some judges
Published February 17
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A Mat-Su state senator has introduced legislation that would upend Alaska’s longstanding system for choosing judges, the latest salvo on a long running effort by conservatives to reshape the state’s judicial selection system.
Senate Bill 14, introduced in January by Sen. Mike Shower, R-Wasilla, would allow the governor to directly appoint judges to the District Court and to the Court of Appeals but not the Superior Court or Alaska Supreme Court, which can’t be changed without a constitutional amendment. ....

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