Tag Archives: Alaska Judicial Council

My story of 2009

Not quite ALL about my 2009, because that would take a year to write. This only took several hours. Continue reading

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Miller v. Carpeneti: Judge Sedwick's opinion

Providing the order and opinion of Judge John W. Sedwick (U.S. District Court for Alaska) in Miller v. Carpeneti, which he dismissed on September 11, 2009. This post also provides copes of the original complaint and motions in the case.

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Miller v. Carpeneti: Case dismissed

Judge Sedwick dismissed the plaintiff’s complaint; lead attorney for the plaintiffs James Bopp, Jr. says he will appeal.

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Miller v. Carpeneti: The conservatives behind the attack on Alaska judicial independence and impartiality

Using Scott Christiansen’s excellent article in the Anchorage Press as a jumping off point, this post goes deeper into why conservatives are attacking Alaska’s merit-based system of judicial selection, and the part that the Miller v. Carpeneti case is playing in a much larger nationwide effort to politicize judicial selection in the U.S. — with plaintiffs’ lead attorney James Bopp, Jr. at the forefront.

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Miller v. Carpeneti: Where was the press?

The lawsuit that calls for the federal courts to overturn major provisions of the Alaska Constitution with respect to judicial selection was filed on July 2. Why, then, did the Alaska press not report on it until August 26? Also included most important filings to date in the case.

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Lawsuit asks feds to overrule Alaska Constitution

When you can’t get your own way under your state’s Constitution — why, just find some federal judge to declare your Constitution unconstitutional! So with righty-tighty Alaskans with regard to judicial appointments.

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