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Guest column: Tennessee retention elections explained by LWVTN

Posted at 12:34 am August 6, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Guest Columns Leave a Comment

By League Issues: Making Democracy Work

On August 7, Tennesseans will vote in a statewide retention election for appellate judges. Included are three of the five Tennessee Supreme Court justices as well as judges currently sitting on the Court of Appeals and Court of Criminal Appeals.

The August 7 retention election represents the last such election under the much-respected Tennessee Plan—the 40-plus year plan for merit selection and retention of appellate judges. The plan was designed to reduce partisanship and outside influences in electing and retaining our appellate judges. The final phase of the plan—merit retention—expired June 30, 2014.

This year’s retention election is particularly important. Fair and impartial court supporters in our state—including Governor Haslam—are concerned about media reports that the three Supreme Court justices seeking retention in Tennessee might become the targets of heavily financed campaigns organized by groups outside the state. There have been reports of such campaigns targeting high court justices in several other states across our nation.

What does merit retention mean? [Read more…]

Filed Under: Guest Columns, Opinion Tagged With: appellate judges, Attorney General, Cornelia Clark, court advocates, Court of Appeals, Court of Criminal Appeals, fair and impartial, fair and impartial courts, Gary Wade, job performance, JPEC, Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission, justices, League of Women Voters, League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge, Mary Ann Reeves, merit retention, merit selection, Patrick Bryan, retention election, Sharon Lee, Supreme Court, Tennessee Plan, Tennessee Supreme Court

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