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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTennessee Supreme Court Justices Survive GOP Attempt To Kick Them Out
Tennessee Supreme Court Justices Survive GOP Attempt To Kick Them Outby Amanda Terkel at the Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/08/tennessee-state-supreme-court_n_5662097.html
"SNIP........................
Three Tennessee Supreme Court justices kept their seats Thursday night, surviving a well-funded Republican attempt to oust them for supposedly being too liberal.
Voters handed another eight-year term to Chief Justice Gary Wade and Justices Sharon Lee and Cornelia Clark on Thursday, with each winning about 56 percent of the ballots cast. All three were appointed by former Gov. Phil Bredesen (D), essentially giving Democrats a majority on the five-member court.
Under Tennessee's system, voters decide whether to retain justices rather than have them run for re-election against challengers. Generally, the contests aren't controversial; only once since the system was put in place in 1971 has a justice been replaced.
But this year, Republicans, spearheaded by Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey (R), tried to change the balance and create vacancies that the GOP governor would then be able to fill. Losing any one of the Democrat-appointed justices would have given Republicans a majority on the court.
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Tennessee Supreme Court Justices Survive GOP Attempt To Kick Them Out (Original Post)
applegrove
Aug 2014
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Lars39
(26,093 posts)2. Didn't see it in the article, but the true reason
the TN Supreme Court justices were targeted was because in TN, the SC appoints the Attorney General. The Republicans want a rightwinger in that position to complete their plans.
We dodged a huge world of hurt.
TN is the *only* state where the SC appoints the AG, afaik.
Cha
(295,929 posts)5. Wow.. well, thanks for the insider info, Lars
redstateblues
(10,565 posts)3. The Koch brothers lost
Americans for Prosperity, the Koch Bros AstroTurf outfit,spent a bunch of money trying to flip the TN Supreme Court. They lost. Just about the only positive development from Tuesday's election.
Cha
(295,929 posts)4. HaHa! thanks for the good news, apple!
applegrove
(118,026 posts)9. Hope all is well in Hawaii.
Cha
(295,929 posts)10. Mahalo, apple! The Big Island got hit last night but Iselle seems to have
dissipated in her travels Northward. Now we have to watch out for the second one.. Julio.
Uncle Joe
(58,112 posts)6. Good.
Thanks for the thread, applegrove.
babylonsister
(170,964 posts)8. Yay!! Rec'd! nt