Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Proto: Bidding for Judgeship

2008-05-30 Thread comex
On 5/30/08, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > None of the other offices have such powerful 'perks'. I think this is > part of what makes CotC elections so hotly contested while other > offices struggle to keep officers who can publish a regular report. Despite Murphy's comment, I think t

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Proto: Bidding for Judgeship

2008-05-30 Thread Ed Murphy
BobTHJ wrote: > None of the other offices have such powerful 'perks'. I think this is > part of what makes CotC elections so hotly contested while other > offices struggle to keep officers who can publish a regular report. But how much of a perk is it, really? No process of judge selection will

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Proto: Bidding for Judgeship

2008-05-30 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Fri, 30 May 2008, Roger Hicks wrote: > I don't know that disinterested judges are any less impartial, or that > simply having interest in a case makes you biased. An interested judge > is more likely to deliver a judgment which has been thought out and is > far more likely to deliver it on time

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Proto: Bidding for Judgeship

2008-05-30 Thread Roger Hicks
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 11:54 AM, Geoffrey Spear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Perhaps a better method might be to have a two day window where any >> potential judge can announce their interest in a case. Then the CotC >> mak

Re: BUS: Re: DIS: Proto: Bidding for Judgeship

2008-05-30 Thread Geoffrey Spear
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Roger Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perhaps a better method might be to have a two day window where any > potential judge can announce their interest in a case. Then the CotC > makes a random selection from among all interested judges? I'd frankly prefer that