Justice Maura D. Corrigan, et al.
Amici Curiae
Patrick J. Wright, Counsel of Record The individuals in this brief are 10 current and former chief justices and justices of State supreme courts. Patrick J. Wright is Senior Legal Analyst at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, where he directs the Legal Studies Project. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Respondents as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on February 4, 2009.Many States in this country have a long tradition of electing judges, who, like their appointed counterparts, have been entitled to the strong presumption of integrity. These States with judicial elections have chosen…
