New York is taking a giant step to clean up its judicial elections. Court officials tomorrow will annouce new rules for political contributors in judicial races. Are you ready? “No case shall be assigned” to a judge when either the lawyers or any participant in the case donated $2500 or more to that judge in the previous two years. The ruling will apply to over 700 trial-level judges.
That definitely removes the incentive to give huge donations, and it goes a long way to bring some integrity to the court system. Had I been in charge, I would have made the limit $100, but this is a major step forward. Since it was done by the Judicial Board, the new ruling does not need legislative approval.
And Pennsylvania?
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