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Good morning Arkansas. The blogger returns with more thoughts on money's influence on judicial races

Max Brantley returns to the Arkansas Blog after a long vacation. Some thoughts on politics bubble to the top, along with a travel photo from Portugal.
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Money and judicial elections, part two

When it comes to the judiciary, appearances become reality in the minds of the citizenry the judiciary serves. As a judge for more than 14 years, I know that to be true, just as sure as the sun shines. The Code of Judicial Conduct, the rules by which judges are required to abide by, makes appearances a critical element of the Code’s reason for being. If a judge appears to be biased or partial in his or her decision-making, then he or she is not impartial; and the public perception of the impartiality and independence of the judge is lost.
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The real story about the judicial system in Arkansas

The big story isn't campaign finance funny business except to the extent that it reflects a much larger story about justice in Arkansas. Gilbert Baker and co. have worked for year in the employ of forces who want to make it harder to sue for damages in Arkansas courts: the so-called "tort reform" campaign of big business.

Arkansas Supreme Court chief justice assigns Judge Maggio's caseload to special judges

The Arkansas Supreme Court took an extraordinary step today. Because recusal requests have disrupted the orderly administration of justice in Circuit Judge Mike Maggio's court, it today issued an order to assign special judges to handle all pending cases and any filed while the order is in effect.
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Gilbert Baker is no newcomer to conservative, dark money political activism

Following Gilbert Baker's money — from the Religious Right secretly financed political lobby group created by Ralph Reed to the public payroll at UCA and still unknown private sources.

The Cape Town Here We Come Edition

I filled in for Lindsey, who's out sick today. The Faulkner County judge cabal, starring Gilbert Baker; new leadership in the Arkansas House; unconstitutional lawmaking to help the frackers; the invalidation of an anti-abortion law and an Indian festival are on the agenda.
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The Gilbert Baker saga continues; UCA's Tom Courtway sees the light

Debra Hale-Shelton of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette inquires further  today into the tangled business of political activity involving taxpayer-financed UCA lobbyist Gilbert Baker, local Circuit Judge Mike Maggio and nursing home magnate Michael Morton of Fort Smith.

We were warned about electing judges

Ernie Dumas writes this week about the accurate predictions of people such as former Supreme Court Justice Robert Brown and Judge David Stewart on the perils of electing judges. Special interest money and conflict of interest come with elections, as recent events show.
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Judicial panel also reviewing Maggio's campaign contributions

The Arkansas Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission acknowledged today that it is reviewing circumstances of campaign contributions made to Circuit Judge Mike Maggio's aborted race for Arkansas Court of Appeals.

Democrat-Gazette omits key element of Mike Maggio story

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette today reported on the coincidence of timing of an extraordinary ruling in a nursing home case by Circuit Judge Mike Maggio and the establishment of PACs for contributions to Maggio by the owner of that nursing home. The article did not mention that Blue Hog Report broke this story, a significant omission.
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Another nursing home favorite for judge in Faulkner County

The Michael Morton-financed pipeline of nursing home money to judicial candidates in Faulkner County just doesn't quit.

Nursing home industry pours big money into Arkansas appellate court races

The Arkansas nursing home industry is spending a significant amount of money to influence Arkansas appeals courts races. A friendly judge can pay back such investments many times over.
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