NCPE Town Hall Meeting

Join us on June 28, 2008 for the Third NCPE Town Hall Meeting.

NCPE in the News: 2008

"Given $50,000 He Decides to Run" (Las Vegas Sun)

Acting President Julie Tousa on Jon Ralston's "Face to Face: Ethics Complaint"

Meet the Acting President of NCPE, Julie Tousa

"New Watchdog of Public Ethics Continues Enforcing Vital Unwritten Law" (Las Vegas Review Journal)

"Partying Away As Taxpayers Pay and Pay" (Las Vegas Sun)

Ethics Legislation 2007

NCPE at the 2007 Nevada State Legislature: Summary and Details

"Article 6 Commission" to study and recommend improvements in the Nevada judiciary
See Dr. Craig Walton's summary of May Meeting

NCPE statement about the danger of big donors contributing to Supreme Court justice election campaigns.

Judicial Ethics & the Complaint Processes

Craig Walton's letter, to the Las Vegas Business Journal in favor of the new plan for judicial selection

Candidate Pledge

Email NCPE Treasurer

Judicial Accountability - News

September 2007 - Craig Walton's letter, to the Las Vegas Business Journal in favor of the new plan for judicial selection

ABA Journal, August 2007 issue
You’re NOT the Boss of Me
It’s hard to shock them in Las Vegas, but a former law clerk is managing to do just that
By Terry Carter

July 25, 2007 Las Vegas Review-Journal
Hush money and ethics for developers
Letter to the Editor, Dr. Craig Walton

Judicial Corruption , panel discussion May 4, 2007, sponsored by the Federalist Society.

Letters to the 2007 Legislature

April 30, 2007 - Letter in support of SJR 2. - proposes to amend the Nevada Constitution to revise provisions relating to the selection of justices and judges. Read SJR2.    Review the history of SJR2 on the Nevada Legislature site.

March 29, 2007 - Letter in support of AB 505 - changes the filing deadlines so that when a judge discovers, at the end of the filing period, that she has no opposition, then she need not go out to raise money for a campaign that will not be needed. Link to AB 505 . As of April 24, AB 505 had cleared the Assembly and was in the hands of the Senate LO&E Committee. Dr. Walton revised the letter of support for this bill, and sent it to the Senate committee. As of May 18, AB 505 passed both houses and was signed into law by Gov. Gibbons. The history of AB 505 is available from the Nevada Legislature site.

NCPE Statement on Judicial Accountability

Judicial Ethics & the Complaint Processes
to find the procedure for complaining about a judge if you think that judge violated the ethics of judges

Judicial Code of Ethics -- Judicial Conference of the United States

How to file a complaint with the United States Courts for the Ninth Circuit

"Article 6 Commission"

November 2005, NCPE statement about the danger of big donors contributing to Supreme Court justice election campaigns.

The new ABA Model Code of Judicial Conduct, approved by the ABA House of Delegates on 12 Feb. 2007. (pdf)

Las Vegas Review-Journal, Mach 29, 2007
MGM Mirage official to lead panel studying Nevada's judicial system
By ED VOGEL

Article 6 Commission Meetings:
Summary of First commission meeting (12/22/07) provided by Dr. Walton.
Read minutes of March 28, 2007 commission meeting (pdf)
May 24th meeting summary provided by Dr. Walton.

November, 2006 Dr. Craig Walton has been appointed by the Chief Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court to the "Article 6 Commission" to study and recommend improvements in the Nevada judiciary.
November 16th, 2006 Blue Ribbon Commission to Study Nevada Courts
Las Vegas Sun, Nov. 16 Panel to study reform of Nevada court system
Las Vegas Review-Journal, Nov. 17 Commission forming to study state judicial system

Media Coverage

March 10, 2007 - Las Vegas Review-Journal
Judicial campaign financing debated
Free speech versus donation solicitation argued
By Joan Whitely

Feb. 11, 2007 Las Vegas Review-Journal
EDITORIAL: Secret justice

Feb. 11, 2007 Las Vegas Review-Journal
UNDER WRAPS: The case of the missing suits
Nevada judges claim the right to seal lawsuits from view, leaving public in the dark
By FRANK GEARY

Feb. 11, 2007 Las Vegas Review-Journal
Whitehead ruling set precedent
Controversial Nevada Supreme Court decision articulated power of judges to seal civil cases
By FRANK GEARY and A.D. HOPKINS

Feb. 11, 2007 Las Vegas Review-Journal
Jurists seal cases of colleagues
Litigants include relatives of those with ties to court
By FRANK GEARY

Feb. 12, 2007 Las Vegas Review-Journal
Sealed case, second suit tied to hospital
Filing alleges worker had sex with patient
By FRANK GEARY

Feb. 13, 2007 Las Vegas Review-Journal
Judges sealed four lawsuits involving drug company
By FRANK GEARY

Feb. 14, 2007 Las Vegas Review-Journal
Porn star bares all except lawsuit against ex
By FRANK GEARY

Feb. 15, 2007 Las Vegas Review-Journal
Deceased's relatives face sealed lawsuit
By FRANK GEARY

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