Bryan Lake reports for the MSBA that The Coalition for Impartial Justice introduced HF1083/SF1082 last week. The bill, which is supported by the MSBA, offers a three-part reform of Minnesota’s judicial selection system, including public performance evaluations, mandatory merit selection, and retention elections. A bipartisan group of authors have signed the bill, led by chief authors Sen. Ann Rest (D-New Hope) and lawyer-legislator Rep. Steve Simon (D-Hopkins). The bill has been scheduled for a hearing in the House Elections Committee on Tuesday next week. If the legislature passes the bill, the issue would be put to the voters in the form of a ballot question, as the reforms would require changing the Minnesota Constitution.
Source: http://minnlawyer.com/minnlawyerblog/2013/03/11/judicial-retention-election-bill-introduced/
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