Brigham Young University Prelaw Review
Keywords
State Supreme Court, State Supreme Court Justice, Judicial Election, Judicial Ethics, Judicial Appointment, Campaign Finance
Abstract
Contemporary judicial election processes in many states allow for judicial campaign donors to appear, unethically, in court before the justice to whom they contributed funds. This paper studies various cases involving apparent quid pro quo between State Supreme Court justices and their constituents in court, the ethics of their rulings, and examines a judge’s role in government as a representative of the law. It reaches the conclusion that judicial elections facilitate unethical practices in the courtroom, and an alternate method of judicial appointment, still allowing public oversight, is presented.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Morga, Emmanuel and Saylor, Clint
(2017)
"Supplying Justice: Unethical Practices in State Supreme Courts,"
Brigham Young University Prelaw Review: Vol. 31, Article 9.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/byuplr/vol31/iss1/9