By Linda Blackford | Editor
Happy Tuesday!
Fayette Judge Julie Goodman may have sighed with relief when the Kentucky Supreme Court stopped her impeachment, but she’s not in the clear quite yet. The Court has definitive views about the separation of powers, but might have quite different ones about some of her rulings. See what legal scholars have to say.
As the election approaches, county clerks have to do their annual roundup of poll workers to face a long day with little pay. But Kentucky is better off than many states, contributor Hannah Pinski found.
Our D.C bureau brings us the story of a raid by the Department of Homeland Security on the home of U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, long a target of President Trump.
And in Commentary, why Kentucky has nonpartisan judicial races and why it’s important to keep them that way.
Thanks for reading!
Rep. John Blanton, R-Salyersville, delivered articles of impeachment against Judge Julie Goodman to the Kentucky Senate. (Kentucky Lantern photo by McKenna Horsley)
By McKenna Horsley
While the Kentucky Supreme Court isn’t reconsidering its decision in last spring’s impeachment of Fayette County Judge Julie Goodman, it does plan to weigh in on her decisions in a controversial hit-and-run case at the center of the legislative proceedings.
A poll workers carries his lunch into the Scott County Public Library precinct in Georgetown on Nov. 5, 2024. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Arden Barnes)
By Hannah Pinski
Being an election official isn’t easy these days.
In recent years, local election officials across the country, including poll workers, have faced an increase in threats and harassment.
By Ashley Murray
WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders in the U.S. House condemned a “deeply disturbing” raid early Monday at the District of Columbia home of Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat who has long been a target of verbal attacks by President Donald Trump and Republicans.
Kentucky has nonpartisan judicial elections for many good reasons, the writers argue. (Getty Images)
COMMENTARY
By Charles Boteler and Al Cross
A recent column said nonpartisan judicial elections present a problem for voters, namely, “How can voters know how judges may rule on the cases that come before them?”
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