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		<title>The Supreme Court Made Me Do!</title>
		<link>http://americancourthouse.com/2013/05/15/the-supreme-court-made-me-do.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 15:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Pero</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Citizens United]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The rapidly expanding IRS scandal would seem to be a pretty straight-forward case of IRS agents improperly – and quite possibly criminally – abusing their power by targeting conservative groups for audits and harassment. But the kooky left has found another explanation: It’s all because of Citizens United! As former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi put [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merit Selection Failing to End Crony Appointments in Rhode Island</title>
		<link>http://americancourthouse.com/2013/05/14/merit-selection-failing-to-end-crony-appointments-in-rhode-island.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 14:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Pero</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rhode Island]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Another state, more evidence that “merit” selection fails to remove politics and cronyism from the judicial selection process. Common Cause Rhode Island – a tentacle in the Soros-bankrolled “merit” selection campaign – blasted RI Governor Lincoln Chafee’s nomination of Senate President Joseph Montalbano to the Superior Court, saying the move “raise[s] suspicion that judicial vacancies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Transparency Charade</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 21:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Pero</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Center for Political Accountability]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Michael Warren has an important, must-read (subscription may be required) in the Weekly Standard that exposes the hidden agenda behind the “transparency” campaign sweeping corporate America. The effort is being led by a group called the Center for Political Accountability, which bills itself as a nonpartisan organization, but whose true purpose is to “convince (some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Has the &#8220;Lawyer Bubble&#8221; Burst?</title>
		<link>http://americancourthouse.com/2013/05/06/has-the-lawyer-bubble-burst.html</link>
		<comments>http://americancourthouse.com/2013/05/06/has-the-lawyer-bubble-burst.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 18:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Pero</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lawyer Bubble]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Is law a “profession in crisis,” as Steven J. Harper claims in his new book? Or will the legislative “monstrosities” of Dodd-Frank and Obamacare ensure the continued need for “top-flight legal talent,” as eminent legal scholar and law professor Richard Epstein maintains? Harper marshals some compelling stats. Since 2004, applications to law schools have plunged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>She&#8217;s Baaaack!</title>
		<link>http://americancourthouse.com/2013/05/05/shes-baaaack.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 18:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Pero</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Michigan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Disgraced former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Betty Weaver is set to release a new book on May 15, aimed no doubt at settling old scores with her former colleagues on the bench. Weaver slunk off the court after being censured for secretly recording private deliberations and then leaked the recordings in an unsuccessful effort to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RIP Tennessee Merit Selection Commission</title>
		<link>http://americancourthouse.com/2013/04/29/rip-tennessee-merit-selection-commission.html</link>
		<comments>http://americancourthouse.com/2013/04/29/rip-tennessee-merit-selection-commission.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Pero</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tennessee]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Tennessee legislature wrapped up its 2013 session recently without acting on a bill to renew the state’s Judicial Nominating Commission.  That means the state’s “merit” selection commission will formally cease to exist on July 1, leaving the whole judicial selection process in limbo until voters can decide on a proposed constitutional amendment to end the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Judge, One Mosquito Control Commissioner</title>
		<link>http://americancourthouse.com/2013/04/26/one-judge-one-mosquito-control-commissioner.html</link>
		<comments>http://americancourthouse.com/2013/04/26/one-judge-one-mosquito-control-commissioner.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Pero</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Jersey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For years, I’ve been making the point that all judicial nominating systems are influenced by politics.  A good case in point is New Jersey, which follows a modified federal system, with the governor appointing judges subject to Senate approval.  Yet recently, there’s been a “logjam” at the state’s busiest courthouse because “the county’s benches will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Class Action Racket</title>
		<link>http://americancourthouse.com/2013/04/26/the-class-action-racket.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Pero</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Class Action]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lawrence Schonbrun of Class Action Watch lifts the rock on the “class action racket” in a must-read article in American Thinker. Schonbrun leads off with what he calls the “poster child for the dysfunctional class action system” – the Ford Explorer SUV class action. The attorneys in that case walked away with $25 million in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governor Signs Merit Selection Change in Arizona</title>
		<link>http://americancourthouse.com/2013/04/26/governor-signs-merit-selection-change-in-arizona-2.html</link>
		<comments>http://americancourthouse.com/2013/04/26/governor-signs-merit-selection-change-in-arizona-2.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Pero</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed legislation in recent weeks modifying the state’s “merit” selection system to require the Commission on Appellate Court Appointments to send the governor five potential nominees for each judicial vacancy, rather than three.  It’s a small change, but indicative of the widespread dissatisfaction with “merit” selection and an acknowledgement that unelected, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Official!</title>
		<link>http://americancourthouse.com/2013/04/17/its-official.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Pero</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Merit Selection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justice at Stake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was named honorary chair of Justice at Stake on Monday, confirming her role as a leader of the George Soros-financed “merit” selection campaign.  Up until now, O’Connor preferred to pose as an impartial arbiter in the battle to control how judges are selected for state courts, so [...]]]></description>
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