AZ/CA/TX/MN: Legislators push for more judges in border states

AZ/CA/TX/MN: Legislators push for more judges in border states...Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, in his annual report on the federal judiciary this year, declared that there was a judicial crisis in border courts that are burdened by caseloads that have grown dramatically with stepped-up law enforcement efforts. bill would also create a judgeship for Minnesota, the only state along the northern U.S. border to receive a new post.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/18/MNA11JHT97.DTL

Phoenix, AZ: Proposal would change judicial selection process

Phoenix, AZ: Proposal would change judicial selection process...would prevent the State Bar of Arizona from nominating members to commissions that make recommendations to the governor on state judicial appointments. governor would continue appointing attorneys to the commissions, but the State Bar would be eliminated as a middle-man for nominating people to serve on the panels.

http://www.ktar.com/category/local-news-articles/20110321/Proposal-would-change-judicial-selection-process/