{"id":22334,"date":"2014-10-20T17:53:24","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T21:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=22334"},"modified":"2014-10-20T17:53:24","modified_gmt":"2014-10-20T21:53:24","slug":"the-judge-what-is-wrong-with-this-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=22334","title":{"rendered":"The Judge: what is wrong with this picture?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I thank the Brennan Center for handing me this remarkably appalling piece of news — aside from the title, the bolding is mine:<\/p>\n

Lawyers and Law Firms Dominate Nevada District Court Campaign Fundraising<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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A five-month investigation by KLAS-TV Las Vegas<\/a> has uncovered that \u201cthe bulk of money flowing into judicial campaigns for [district court judgeships in Nevada\u2019s Clark County is coming] from lawyers and law firms, many who have open and active cases being heard.\u201d<\/strong> Through an analysis of public campaign finance reports, KLAS found that \u201c777 lawyers and law firms donated more than a million dollars\u201d to district court candidates. The news outlet also found<\/a> that \u201c[t]he top 10 donors alone have filed a combined 312 lawsuits before [the district court] judges from last year through mid-summer.\u201d \u201cThe terms of all 52 district court judges expire at the end of the year, but 24 are unopposed for new terms.\u201d Jeff Stempel, a law professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, said \u201c[a] judge is like any other human being, going to be more predisposed to the people who are their friends, who supported them with campaign contributions, or election efforts or things like that.\u201d He continued, \u201cI think mostly, it’s a perception problem. I don’t think we have a significant problem with (outright) fraud, or conscious favoritism. What I think we have a problem with is clearly perception that justice could be for sale, for the people who contribute.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I thank the Brennan Center for handing me this remarkably appalling piece of news — aside from the title, the bolding is mine: Lawyers and Law Firms Dominate Nevada District Court Campaign Fundraising A five-month investigation by KLAS-TV Las Vegas … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1175],"tags":[436,310],"class_list":["post-22334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-facts-of-life","tag-law-and-the-courts","tag-role-of-judges"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t