Sharron Angle Urges to Oppose Appointed Judges

In a message sent to the Washoe County Republican Chairman Heidi Smith, Sharron Angle wrote the following:

Dear Heidi,

Please send e-mails to oppose the following bill:

SJR2 Takes away our right to vote for our Judges on the Supreme Court and District Court and makes them Governor appointed positions. We were able to vote the Justices out who supported the Unconstitutional removal of our 2/3 requirement to raise taxes. If this bill passes, we will have no power or right to elect Judges or remove them for poor decisions.

Please contact the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Ask them to Vote NO on SJR2, We don't want our judges to be appointed. We want to maintain our right to vote on our judges.

Chairman Mark Amodei, 775-684-1470 mamodei@sen.state.nv.us
Senators:
Maurice Washington, 775-684-1480 mwashington@sen.state.nv.us
Mike McGinness, 775-684-1442, mmcginness@sen.state.nv.us
Dennis Nolan, 775-684-1421, dnolan@sen.state.nv.us
Terry Care, 775-684-6503, tcare@sen.state.nv.us
Steven Horsford, 775-684-1429, shorsford@sen.state.nv.us
Valerie Wiener, 775-684-1422, vwiener@sen.state.nv.us

You may want to testify in opposition to this bill:
SJR2 will be heard on Thursday, March 8th at , 9:00am room 2149 in Carson City Legislative Building or room 4412 in the Grant Sawyer Building in Las Vegas.

Citizen e-mails and phone calls killed SB98 on Thursday March 1. Legislators are sensitive to your desires. Your efforts are not wasted. You can make a difference. Thank you for your help.

Best regards,

Sharron

PS. SJR2 Legislative Counsel?s Digest:
This resolution amends the Nevada Constitution, which currently provides for the popular election of justices of the Supreme Court and judges of the district court, to provide for: (1) the initial appointment by the Governor of justices and judges, from candidates recommended by the commission on Judicial Selection; and (2) any subsequent retention of those justices and judges by approval of a ballot question concerning their retention. (Nev. Const. Art. 6, ?? 3, 5) Under
this resolution, if a vacancy occurs in the Supreme Court or a district court for any reason, the Governor appoints a justice or judge from candidates selected by the Commission on Judicial Selection, and the initial term of that justice or judge expires on the first Monday of January following the general election occurring at least 12 months after the justice or judge is appointed. Thereafter, if the justice or judge wishes to serve another term, he must declare his candidacy
for a retention election. If 60 percent or more of the votes cast are in favor of the retention of the justice or judge, he will then serve a 6-year term and must run in a retention election if he wishes to serve another 6-year term. If the justice or judge does not declare his candidacy for the retention election or if less than 60 percent of the votes cast are in favor of his retention, a
vacancy is created at the end of his term, which must be filled by appointment. In addition, this resolution amends the Nevada Constitution to require each justice or judge who has declared his candidacy for a retention election to undergo a review of his performance as a justice or judge. This resolution creates the Commission on Judicial Performance and requires the Commission to perform these reviews. The review of each justice or judge must consist of a review of the record of the justice or judge and at least one interview of the justice or judge. At the conclusion of this review, the Commission must prepare and release to the public a report containing information about the review and a recommendation on the question of whether the justice or judge should be retained.