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To: BillyBoy; Clintonfatigued; Impy; NewRomeTacitus; wardaddy; AuH2ORepublican; JohnnyZ; Theodore R.; ..

Since I’ve done extensive research on most of the states now (I’m just finishing up on Wyoming as of this writing), you might be interested in some of the partisan breakdowns of the courts (as far as I was able to ascertain). Most refuse to identify the partisan affiliations, but I am most happy to (and this is probably the most comprehensive list ever put together on the subject):

- Partisan election
Alabama

8R/1D (the 1D being the Chief Justice)

Illinois

4D/3R

Louisiana

5D/2R

New Mexico

5D (oddly, the GOP never bothers to contest the races)

Pennsylvania

3D/3R (1 vacant)

Texas

9R

West Virginia

4D/1R

Maryland

(I couldn’t find affiliations but for 3 members, all Dems, 3 others had none and 1 was vacant)


- Non-partisan election (which ain’t quite so)
Arkansas

Identified 2 partisan Dems, the 5 others I couldn’t, but don’t believe any Republicans

Georgia

6D/1R (1st Republican wasn’t seated until 2005, first since Reconstruction)

Idaho

4R/1D

Kentucky

3R (including the Chief)/2D/1 I couldn’t identify and 1 vacant

Michigan

5R/2D

Minnesota

4R/2 Independents (Venturaites)/1DFL

Mississippi

6R/3D

Montana

4R/1D/2 Unknown

Nevada

5D/2R

North Carolina

4R/3D

North Dakota

4R/1D (the Chief Justice)

Ohio

(Odd, since I believe these are partisan, and known for being an all-GOP court (7), but not all Conservative)

Oregon

4D/3 Non-Partisan (no Republicans identified)

South Dakota

5R

Washington

4D/3 Non-Partisan/2R

Wisconsin

5R/2D (although is really 3 liberal as 1 R is a lib RINO/4 Conservative)


- Election by the state legislature
Connecticut

Basically chosen by the Governor, 3 Republicans/3 Weickerite Indys/1D

Rhode Island

3 Non-Partisans/1D/1R

South Carolina

(And this is astonishing) 4D/1 Non-Partisan and NO Republicans

Vermont

3D/2R (including the Chief Justice)

Virginia

4D/3R


- Appointment by the Governor
Delaware

3D/2R

Hawaii

4D/1R

Maine

7D

Massachusetts

3D/3R/1 Vacant (1 R is the Chief Justice, an ultraliberal Weldite)

New Hampshire

4D/1R

New Jersey

4D/2R/1I (astonishingly, the 2 R’s were appointed by McGreevey and Corzine, 1 D & 1I were appointed by worthless Whitman !)

New York (the Supreme Court here is a lower court, it is called the NY Court of Appeals, a bit confusing)

4R/3D


- The Missouri Plan (supposedly non-partisan, but as it turns out, not always so)

Alaska

3D/2R

Arizona

3D/2R

California

6R/1D (believe it or not)

Colorado

5D/2R

Indiana

3D/2R (including the Chief)

Iowa

4D/3R (including the Chief)

Kansas

4R/3D

Missouri

5D/2R

Nebraska

Could only identify the Chief as a Republican, the other 6 members couldn’t determine affiliation

Oklahoma

7D/2R (including the Chief)

Utah

4R/1D (1D is the Chief)

Wyoming

(Apparently) 4R/1D


- Modified Missouri Plan
Florida — The Florida Judicial Nominating Commissions

5D/2R (was 7D during the 2000 decision)

Tennessee — The Tennessee Plan (recently proven to be unconstitutional — we may finally get a partisan election)

3D/2R (including the Chief Justice, and how they got on the bench are stories themselves, the most recent appointee is an “R” appointed by Bredesen because he was mad the liberal selection committee wouldn’t give him a Black nominee he wanted)


I’ll even throw in Guam:

1D/1R/1 Vacant

Puerto Rico:

3 Pop Dems/2 New Progs/2 Vacant

Virgin Islands:

3D


197 posted on 06/14/2008 12:52:34 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Very interesting. Some of those (GA SC) are disheartening.

We should have 4 here in IL. We won the rat-leaning southern IL seat but just prior to that lost a Republican seat. 3 are cook county guaranteed rat.


198 posted on 06/14/2008 3:19:16 AM PDT by Impy (Hey Barack, you're ugly and your wife smells.)
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