Tuesday, August 17, 2010

A 120-page report by a trio of nonprofit groups analyzes the $207 million spent on the nation’s state judicial elections over the past decade, more than double the amount spent in the previous decade. Self interested “super-spenders” are especially fueling the arms race that aims to turn “blind justice” into “justice for sale.” A forward by y former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, state reports (including a shout-out to the achievements of North Carolina’s public financing program), and analysis of 29 expensive campaigns earned the report wide media coverage, for example, by the Washington Post, National Public Radio, and the Associated Press.