Comments on: “Madison County judge reassigned after receiving campaign contributions” https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/12/madison-county-judge-reassigned-after-receiving-campaign-contributions/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:09:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: Smart Dude https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/12/madison-county-judge-reassigned-after-receiving-campaign-contributions/comment-page-1/#comment-139511 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:09:25 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=26256#comment-139511 Unfair! They paid for her services fair and square.

Unless of course Mr. Poser is correct about contributing to get rid of a judge that Trial Lawyer Inc. does not want on the case.

]]> By: doug https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/12/madison-county-judge-reassigned-after-receiving-campaign-contributions/comment-page-1/#comment-139505 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:46:36 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=26256#comment-139505 if the donation was done to get the judge removed, it would seem to be a simple matter for the judge to have returned the money once the donation had been received.

]]> By: Bill Poser https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/12/madison-county-judge-reassigned-after-receiving-campaign-contributions/comment-page-1/#comment-139500 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:18:22 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=26256#comment-139500 I don’t know what went on in this particular case, but it points up a problem with this method of selecting judges. On the one hand, we don’t want judges to be influenced by campaign contributions, so recusal or removal from related cases is appropriate. On the other hand, this provides an easy way for interested parties to remove a judge they don’t like, quite possibly because the judge is fair and objective. Just make a donation to his or her campaign and the judge is off the case.

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