If you're reading this post, you're no doubt aware that the Tennessee General Assembly renewed a commission-based system of selecting appellate court judges, and one aspect of the “reform” to the system was to require the appointment of a completely new selection or evaluation commission.
Accordingly, the process is underway to identify candidates for the commission, and I'm encouraging jurisprudentially conservative Tennesseans to place their name in contention. I am a little ambivalent regarding the process, because our group worked hard to replace our commission-based system. That being said, until such a day as the system for selecting judges is changed, I think it is imperative to have judicial evaluation commission members who honor judicial restraint, that is, who honor the proper role of judges in a republic.
The deadline is Friday, July 31, 2009 to have your name included on the list of persons to be considered by Lt. Gov. Ramsey and Speaker Kent Williams. There are a variety of qualifications to be appointed (a summary of them is here), but it is important to note that up to seven of the 17 seats can be filled with non-attorneys.
Please follow this link (to the Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts website) for more information and for an application form.
http://www.tsc.state.tn.us/geninfo/judicialselection/judicialnominationapp.htm
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