How does one know who the conservative judges are? (Vanity, so sue me)

Oct. 16, 2008 | HIDEK6

[HIDEK6]

How does a voter become educated on the politics of the judges who appear on the ballot each election?

I've always passed on these races because I've never known who the good guys were.

Can someone share their methods for determining what judges to vote for?

[HIDEK6]

Ping.

[dalereed]

They died over 40 yearas ago!!!

[wolfpat]

Unless you see a campaign poster that says they’re conservative, they’re liberal (which is bad if you’re a victim, but great if you’re a criminal)

[wolfpat]

Oh, and I just vote for the ones I’ve appeared before.

[TaxRelief]

What state?

[parthian shot]

(Hint:) Stay away from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals

[In veno, veritas]

Here in Missouri, I vote “No” and will be right 9 out of 10 times. Really, read some court opinions. I think the Supreme Court justice here in MO earned a down vote.

[geo40xyz]

I used the following pages to pick my NC judges

http://www.ncgop.org/info_candidates.jsp

[JimRed]

Wish all our vanities were good, important questions like this one.

[MIhomeschooler]

In Michigan, the state GOP will endorse the state Supreme Court candidate it approves of, but not lower courts.

[HIDEK6]

NC

[Lady Heron]

The GOP really needs to find a way to tell us about judges. I always do not vote at all for them because I have no clue.

[HIDEK6]

Thank you. That’s very helpful.

[seekthetruth]

What Freeper, FloridaVoter, advised me to do quite a while back was to check out the various judges by looking at their contributors. Here in Pinellas County, FL you can usually do that at the Sup.of Elections web site. But right now I am having the same problem you are because I can not find anything at the web site on contributions. I posted on the FL Board for help from other Florida Freepers. :)

[HIDEK6]

Thank you. That’s very helpful.

[Ruth C]

Well, you can call the local Republican party office. Now that does not necessarily guarantee all those they select are conservative, that depends on the office, is it conservative or sort of moderate? You can also try looking into the record as to rulings made by the judge. That’s not easy if you’re not a legal person. Maybe the easiest way outside of calling the local party is to do a newspaper search of each judge’s name. If the MSM likes them, that’s your answer :)

[boomop1]

I get the sample ballot and search and try to find what’s up with them, that is about the only way you know if they are an R or d.

[DoughtyOne]

There are generally some Conservative watch dog groups that grade the judges.

Your local Republican community would be a good place to contact, to get a rough idea of who is acceptable and who isn’t. You’ll sometimes have to take that with a grain of salt, but still, if they match other sources that grade from a conservative or strict constructionist vantage point, you can be fairly sure the judges are reasonable.

I doesn’t hurt to Google them either. You never know when an article will show up with one of the judge you are pondering, in it.

[Clint N. Suhks]

I usually call or go see the local Republican Headquarters.