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- Here’s more on the latest Board of Regents drama. [RJ]
- Nevada Supreme Court ruling boosts medical marijuana user employment protections. [KTNV]
- If you want to apply for one of the three vacancies in the Eighth Judicial District Court (Departments 7, C, and N), you can find the forms here.
- Who do you think should apply?
Your mom should apply
To be clear, the Freeman Expositions ruling does protect *medical* cannabis usage, but the news article really buries the lede that recreational marijuana does not enjoy the same protection:
>In the same decision, the Nevada Supreme Court made a clear distinction that those employment protections don't extend to recreational marijuana use.
If anyone wants to come over and puff one out to commiserate, I'll be around
Wow, best motivation for running for judge–it's plan b if my first choice doesn't work out. It's my safety job. lol
What happened to Judge Burton in Family Court?
She is going to retire
That is Nevada's loss. She is superb at what she does.
Wow. TTHHWWAAACCCKKEEDD on a Saturday.
Disagree with 7:26. Strongly disagree.
That's (in effect) what I said before I was TTHHWWWAAACCKKEED!
Who will appoint the new judges, Sisolak or Lombardo?
Lombardo – the process takes a few months and I think Lombardo will become Gov. right around the beginning of the year
The problem with the question of who should apply for these vacancies tends to be a pointless academic exercise as the really skilled and successful attorneys often don't apply, or run for, a judgeship. So, why discuss them.
You are far more likely to get applicants whose skill set ranges from poor to mediocre, but who have significant ambition and a distortedly positive view of their skill set and qualifications.
You also get a slight variation of such applicants consisting of applicants who have no significant qualification or experience, but who profile well from a political perspective, and have the juice to get appointed.
And when we occasionally do get a skilled practitioner appointed, they barely get a chance to get their feet wet before they are defeated in the next election cycle by a candidate who may not be a very skilled lawyer, but, again, who profiles well from a political perspective, and has the connections.
Truly a sad state of affairs.
But I am delighted when there is a very notable exception to such depressing cycle, and therefore I really applaud the selection of Patty Lee to our state's highest court.
Top shelf analysis, 6:26 PM.
Agreed. The analysis over-generalizes a bit, and does not appear to allow for the fact that over the years there have been a fair number of exceptions where we get a solid appointment. It's not just a really isolated situation like now getting it right with Patty Lee.
But with those qualifiers understood, and that the situation is not as across the board as 6:26 suggests, I will say that 6:26 hit the nail on the head as to how it plays out two-thirds or three -quarters of the time.
The governor is the highest and most political position in the state. I doubt that any Nevada Governors during the search and selection process, say that "We simply need to find the best lawyer. I don't care about any political situations or appeasing any specific voter factions."
Didn’t Sisolak’s appointment of a partner in the firm that ran his successful opponent’s campaign pretty much say that?
7:24-one could look at it that way, but the Governor had already been defeated for re-election at the time he made that appointment.
So, when we have a first-term governor, it is pretty much as 6:26 and 2:30 indicates, wherein political considerations take priority over truly finding the very best applicant.
But, if a Governor is already in their second and final term, or defeated for re-election, then they have much more freedom and flexibility, and are largely liberated from the stress of the decision being dominated by political considerations. Thus they can truly appoint who they believe to be the best applicant-presuming the committee advanced such applicant to the final three for the governor's consideration.