Gavel to Gavel, February 18, 2007

The third issue of the weekly newsletter of the NCSC [4 pp. pdf]

The National Center for State Courts’ Gavel to Gavel will help identify trends in legislative activity as it relates to the courts in seven broad areas:

1. Judicial selection (e.g. merit selection, partisan elections)
2. Judicial qualifications and terms (e.g. mandatory retirement age)
3. Judicial rule making authority
4. Structural court changes (e.g. merger of courts, division of existing courts)
5. Jurisdiction (e.g. court stripping or court expanding)
6. Salary and budget
7. Other areas that affect the courts