Judicial Independence Resources
Articles and Publications
Websites
Organizations

As of August 2, 2000

Articles and Publications

American Bar Association, An Independent Judiciary: Report on the Commission on Separation of Powers and Judicial Independence (July 1997).

Alliance for Justice, Judicial Selection Project Annual Report (January 2000).

Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, Judicial Independence: An Annotated Bibliography (September, 1999).

Baer Jr., Judge Harold, Interview: A Unique Perspective on Judicial Independence, 25 Hofstra L. Rev. 799 (Spring 1997).

Bright, Steven, Can Judicial Independence Be Attained in the South? Overcoming History, Elections, and Misperceptions About the Role of the Judiciary, 14 Gs. St. U. L. Rev. 817 (1998).

Brown, Justice Robert L. , From Whence Cometh Our State Appellate Judges: Popular Election Versus the Missouri Plan 20 U. Ark. Little Rock L.J. 313 (Winter 1998).

Chemerinsky, Erwin, Preserving An Independent Judiciary: The Need for Contribution and Expenditure Limits in Judicial Elections, 74 Chi-Kent L. Rev. 133 (1998).

Delgado, Richard, Committee Assignment: A Skeptical Look at Judicial Independence, Judicial Independence and Accountability Symposium, S. Cal. L. Rev. (January/March 1999).

Esterling, Kevin M., Judicial Independence, Public Confidence in Courts, and State-Federal Cooperation in the Midwest: A Research Report on the Midwest Regional Conference on State-Federal Judicial Relationships (American Judicature Society, 199).

Ferejohn, John., Dynamics of Judicial Independence: Independent Judges, Dependent Judiciary, Judicial Independence and Accountability Symposium (University of Southern California, Nov 1998).

Friedman, Barry., ëThings Forgottení In the Debate Over Judicial Independence, 14 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 737 (1998).

Karlan, Pamela S., Two Concepts of Judicial Independence, Judicial Independence and Accountability Symposium (University of Southern California, Nov 1998).

Kaye, Judith S., Safeguarding a Crown Jewel: Judicial Independence and Lawyer Criticism of the Courts, 25 Hofstra L. Rev. 703 (Spring 1997).

Luskin, Robert C., Bratcher, Christopher & Renner, Tracy K., How Minority Judges Fare in Retention Elections, Judicature (May, 1994).

Miller Center for Public Affairs, Improving the Process of Appointing Federal Judges: A Report of the Miller Center Commission on the Selection of Federal Judges (1996).

People for the American Way Foundation, Courting Disaster: How a Scalia-Thomas Supreme Court Would Endanger Our Rights and Freedoms (June 2000).

Shapiro, Michael, Introduction: Judicial Selection and the Design of Clumsy Institutions, USC Symposium on Judicial Election, Selection and Accountability, 61 S. Cal. L. Rev. 1555 (1988).

Task Force on Federal Judicial Selection, Justice Held Hostage: Politics and Selecting Federal Judges (Citizens for Independent Courts, October 1999).

Webster, Peter D., Selection and Retention of Judges: Is there a ëBestí Method?, 23 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. 1 (Summer 1995).

Websites

Alliance for Justice - www.afj.org

Statistics on Federal Selection

American Bar Association Standing Committee on Judicial Independence -
www.abanet.org/judind/home.html
Talking points, model speeches and editorials on judicial independence

Brennan Center for Justice at New York University - www.brennancenter.org
Sign-up for Court Pester E-lert to be notified of current events in judicial independence

Citizens for Independent Courts - www.constitutionproject.org/cfic.html
Federal and state issues in judicial independence

Federal Judiciary - www.uscourts.gov

Federal Judicial Center - www.fjc.gov

Frontline Justice for Sale - www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/justice
Documentary on judicial elections effect on judicial independence

USC Judicial Independence and Accountability Symposium -
www.usc.edu/dept/law/symposia/judicial/program.html
Comprehensive symposium on judicial independence

Organizations

Alliance for Justice
2000 P Street, NW
Suite 712
Washington, DC 20036
202-822-6070
FAX 202-822-6068
www.afj.org
Contact: Nan Aron

American Judicature Society
Center for Judicial Independence
180 N. Michigan Street
Suite 600
Chicago, IL 60601
312-558-6900
FAX 558-9175
www.ajs.org
Contact: Seth Anderson

American Bar Association
The Standing Committee on Judicial Independence
750 N. Lake Shore Drive Chicago, IL 60611
312-988-5102
FAX 312-988-5100
www.abanet.org/judind/home.html
Contact: Luke Bierman

Brennan Center for Justice
161 Avenue of the Americas
5^th Floor
New York, NY 10013
212-998-6730
FAX 212-995-4550
www.brennancenter.org
Contact: Deborah Goldberg

Citizens for Independent Courts
50 F Street, NW
Suite 1070
Washington, DC 20001
202-662-4240
FAX 202-662-4241
www.constitutionproject.org/cfic.html
Contact: Elizabeth Dahl

Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
1401 New York Ave., NW
Suite 400
New York, NY 20005
202-662-8600
FAX 202-783-0857
www.lawyerscomm.org
Contact: Diane Gross

People for the American Way
2000 M Street, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
202-467-4999
FAX 202-293-2672
www.pfaw.org
Contact: Eliot Mincberg

ACLU
125 Broad Street, 18th Floor
New York, New York 10004-2400
212-549-2500
FAX 212-549-2546
www.aclu.org
Contact: Donna Lennon