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Sunday, September 23, 2012

“Supreme Court candidates won’t accept endorsements from parties”: Friday’s edition of The Helena Independent Record contained an article that begins, “While a federal court says political parties can now endorse nonpartisan judicial candidates in Montana, the two candidates for an open state Supreme Court seat said this week they won’t accept the endorsements — because a state judicial ethics code forbids it.”

Posted at 1:03 PM by Howard Bashman



“Little-known female billionaire holds 15% stake in Koch”: Bloomberg News has this report. According to the article, “Marshall, who gained control of the Koch stake following the death of her husband, E. Pierce Marshall, in 2006, has never appeared on an international wealth ranking, although her estate has been at the center of two U.S. Supreme Court cases involving her mother-in-law, Anna Nicole Smith.”

Posted at 12:58 PM by Howard Bashman



“In surprise move, Florida GOP opposes Supreme Court justices’ retention in November; In a unanimous vote of its board, the Florida Republican Party took the unprecedented move Friday of opposing three Supreme Court justices because of a nine-year-old ruling in a murder case”: This article appeared yesterday in The Miami Herald.

Posted at 12:54 PM by Howard Bashman