This article could be used for arguably misguided support of ending judicial elections, but it otherwise makes important points: "“The ties between Blankenship and the West Virginia Supreme Court ran deep but none of the justices at first recused themselves from the Caperton suit and the court found in Blankenship’s favor. . . The case, which became the real-life basis John Grisham’s novel The Appeal, began as a simple contract dispute over coal, with one company, Harmon, arguing that Massey breached a contract and drove them out of business. . . . Why might anyone but coal historians or legal scholars care about the poisonous and pitted infighting between state Supreme Court justices? Because the story offers a clear window onto the way that powerful stakeholders capture the very institutions that are supposed to police them.”
Posted on: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 19:39:28 +0000
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