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Judicial Selection in Nebraska By L. Steven Grasz

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ABOUT THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY

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PRESERVING AND REFORMING THE MERITSELECTION SYSTEM

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* Te author is a partner at Husch Blackwell i Mr. Grasz practice is ocused on busineappellate practice, and governmental a airsas Nebraskas Chie Deputy Attorney Genera 2002.


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Endnotes

1 M , Merit Selection: A Review o the Social Scienti c Literature , 106 Dick. . ev. 729, 744 (2002); see also J

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4 Neb. Const. . V, 21(1).

5 Neb. Const. . V, 21(4).

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12 Neb. Const. . V, 21(4).

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Accountability, Independence, and the Selection o SRole o Popular Judicial Elections , 40 .W. .J. 31, 31 (1986 j

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25 Judicial Selection: Te Process o Choosing Judges, . .Map eries, J 2008, 7.

26 See ex rel. . J , 122 N.W. 473, 1909) ( Neb. ess. aws 1909, . 256, . 53)).27 Id . 474 (q Neb. ess. aws 1909, . 21).

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47 Recommendations on Racial Pro ling, InternatioCourt, and Medical Care to Be Considered at ABA An

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