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Oct 052010

AZ Judges Review: Who are the conservative judges on the ballot this year?

A m e r i c a n P o s t – G a z e t t e

Distributed by C O M M O N S E N S E , in Arizona

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

 

 

 

Website analyzes real record of judges

 

Which judges are conservative, which are liberal, their prior judicial decisions

Submitted by a reader

Since there is no real guide to Arizona’s judges anywhere, LighthouseBlog.com in conjunction with Republicans put together a review of judges at azjudgesreview.blogspot.com in 2008. It has been updated to include all of the judges on the ballot this year, including a basic quick guide, below. More detailed information on each judge is available on the website, divided into sections of Supreme Court Justices, Court of Appeals judges, and Maricopa County Superior Court judges.

The Arizona Commission on Judicial Performance Review issues ratings of the judges, but they are all based on silly and meaningless criteria like whether the judge “acted with dignity, courtesy and patience.” They are based on reviews by other attorneys, judges and other participants in the court system – like left wing criminal defense attorneys. There is no information provided about a judge’s political philosophy or political bias in prior court decisions, so this site attempts to provide that information, which we consider the most important information you’d want to know in regards to a judge. The Commission has only recommended not retaining one or two judges ever!

The site does not yet have information on Superior Court judges outside of Maricopa County, or Justices of the Peace. Any information may be submitted to the site at azjudgesreview@gmail.com.

 


Quick guide to judges up for election this year

 


Judges this site gave top reviews to (generally conservative)

Court of Appeals
Dan Barker
Philip Hall
Jon Thompson

Maricopa County Superior Court
Brian Ishikawa
Peter Reinstein
Eileen Willett

 


Judges this site gave moderate reviews to (generally moderates, lean conservative)

 

Supreme Court
Rebecca Berch

 

 

Court of Appeals
John Gemmill
Sheldon Weisberg

 

Maricopa County Superior Court

 

 

Mark Aceto
Roger Brodman
Alfred Fenzel
George Foster
Pendleton Gaines
Brian Hauser
Jean Hoag
Carey Hyatt
Michael Jones
Kenneth Mangum
Karen O’Connor
Maria Del Mar Verdin

Judges this site gave negative reviews to (generally slightly left-leaning)

 

 

 

Court of Appeals

 

 

 

 

Michael Brown
Pat Irvine

Maricopa County Superior Court

 

Arthur Anderson
Janet Barton
Emmet Ronan
David Talamante

Judges this site gave very poor reviews to (generally very liberal)

 

 

 

Maricopa County Superior Court

 

 

 

Aimee Anderson
Edward Bassett
Dawn Bergin
William Brotherton
Roger Budoff
Edward Burke
Harriett Chavez
Glenn Davis
Gary Donahoe
Sally Duncan
Dean Fink
Richard Gama
Larry Grant
Warren Granville
Hugh Hegyi
Joseph Heilman
Bethany Hicks
Joseph Kreamer
Lee Raymond
Daniel Martin
Rosa Mroz
Sam Myers
Benjamin Norris
Susanna Pineda
Douglas Rayes
John Rea
Samuel Thumma
Randall Warner
Joseph Welty

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One Response to “AZ Judges Review: Who are the conservative judges on the ballot this year?”

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