Retaining Judicial Independence: Solutions to Increasing Threats to Alaska’s Judicial Merit System

While the judicial merit system in Alaska has effectively balanced accountability with the competing need for independence in the judiciary, the growing trend of politicized retention elections threatens that independence. This Note examines the threat to the Alaskan judicial merit system, argues fo...

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Main Author: Kuchinski, Ryan
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Published: Duke University School of Law 2020
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