OXFORD, Miss. – Common Cause of Mississippi and the League of Women
Voters of Mississippi are sponsoring a forum on judicial selection
Sept. 4 at the University of Mississippi.
Set for 5:30 p.m. in the Faulkner Room of Archives and Special Collections in the J.D. Williams Library, the program is free and open to the public.
Andrew K. Howorth, District 3 circuit judge, and John Hailman, retired U.S. Attorney, will discuss election versus selection in the American judicial system.
Oxford resident and Common Cause board member Laura Bradley said there have been several forums on this topic statewide.
“Common Cause and the League of Women Voters are partnering to put on a series of discussions throughout the state concerning the appointment versus the election of judges and justices,” Bradley said. “I have been a member of Common Cause for many years, and I appreciate their approach to responsive, open and fair government.”
The forum moderator is Barbara Powell, president of the Jackson area chapter of the League of Women Voters. The event is funded by the League of Women Voters Education Fund.
Common Cause is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that works for fairness, openness and accountability in government. The purpose of their series of meetings co-sponsored with the LWV is to begin a public conversation about judicial selection and bolstering public confidence in the judicial system. Those attending the upcoming UM forum will be encouraged to participate in the discussion and to continue the dialogue in their community.
The LWV of Mississippi supports merit selection/election retention, also known as the Missouri Method, as the means of selecting justices for the Mississippi Supreme Court and judges for the Mississippi Court of Appeals.
For more information, visit http:// www.commoncause.org . For assistance related to a disability, call 662-915-7236.