The Pitchfork Rebellion spoke to Meaghan Rhyne, executive director of the Virginia Coalition for Open Government (http://www.opengovva.org/) about the lack of transparency in Virginia's judicial selection process.
Ms. Rhyne, who is an attorney by profession, weighed in on the secretive situation in Virginia when it comes to our judicial selection process,
"whether the judiciary or the legislature handles the performance evaluations, the judicial selection and retention process should be as transparent as possible, when possible, since it is the citizens of the Commonwealth appearing before these judges who will be the most directly impacted by the decision."
We could not agree more. Secretive closed door meetings cast doubt upon the legitimacy of the proceedings.
Stay tuned... we will be breaking some headline news soon.
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ReplyDeleteVIRGINIA’S JUDICIAL SYSTEM GETS 'D' FROM HALT: Massive loopholes in laws “allow members of the judiciary to be wined and dined on the corporate dime.”
"[F]irst comprehensive study of the systems that hold state and federal judges accountable ranked Virginia 45th in the nation"
PRESS RELEASE
Virginia's Judicial Accountability System Receives D on National Report Card
Watchdog Group Says Reform is Needed to Hold Judges' Feet to the Fire
May 12, 2008
Contact: Rachel Decker, Media Coordinator, HALT
RDecker@halt.org or 202-887-8255
Washington, DC - Today, the nation's first comprehensive study of the systems that hold state and federal judges accountable ranked Virginia 45th…
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