Judges up for reelection this year have an asterisk next to their name. Judges with favorable reviews are in BLUE. Judges with somewhat favorable reviews are in dark blue.
Judges with negative reviews are in RED. Judges with somewhat negative reviews are in brick red. Judges with no color means there is either not enough information or they are fairly neutral.
The Governor appoints the Maricopa County Superior Court judges, who then stand for retention election once every 4 years. The Governor appoints the Supreme Court justices and Court of Appeals judges, who then stand for election retention once every 6 years.
Thank you to the excellent talkshow host J.D. Hayworth for helping get the word out about this site in 2008! Thanks to the excellent talkshow host Jim Sharpe for helping spread the word this year.
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Maricopa County Superior Court judges has been updated significantly
We're almost done, just a few more updates within the next day or two.
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thank you so much to who ever put this together I only wished that more people would take voting more seriously. Please please pass this web site information on to all of your family and friends. Michelle
I like that you've updated the site with more information, but I still object to the site evaluating judges as good/bad based on their political inclinations.
I urge you to avoid the political value judgments.
Thank you for compiling this information. I just filled out my ballot using it. If we ejected just a few judges every couple of years, we might see better behavior from them.
Superior Judge Louis Araneta is fair but not liberal--I should know since I was sentenced by him in 2001 for possession of $20 worth of drugs. He gave me jail time and probation, but not the 2 1/2 years in prison that the prosecutor asked for. Now I am a junior in college, in the International Honor Society, and I am a staunch conservative.
I have recently sat-in on some of his hearings and he gives jail time to immigrants that use fraudulent documents BEFORE he deports them. Some of the other judges (liberals) shelve the charges on them and just deport them with the threat of trial IF THEY RETURN TO THE COUNTRY.
5 comments:
thank you so much to who ever put this together I only wished that more people would take voting more seriously.
Please please pass this web site information on to all of your family and friends.
Michelle
I like that you've updated the site with more information, but I still object to the site evaluating judges as good/bad based on their political inclinations.
I urge you to avoid the political value judgments.
Great site!!! WISH I KNEW ABOUT IT A WEEK AGO!
Thank you for compiling this information. I just filled out my ballot using it. If we ejected just a few judges every couple of years, we might see better behavior from them.
Superior Judge Louis Araneta is fair but not liberal--I should know since I was sentenced by him in 2001 for possession of $20 worth of drugs. He gave me jail time and probation, but not the 2 1/2 years in prison that the prosecutor asked for. Now I am a junior in college, in the International Honor Society, and I am a staunch conservative.
I have recently sat-in on some of his hearings and he gives jail time to immigrants that use fraudulent documents BEFORE he deports them. Some of the other judges (liberals) shelve the charges on them and just deport them with the threat of trial IF THEY RETURN TO THE COUNTRY.
Please vote to keep him in. He's a keeper.
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