Press Release: Rep. Newman Seeks to Become First Judge Elected as Endorsed Political Candidate

Text of the release.

State representative Scott Newman plans to retire at the end of the 2006 legislative session, and seek the Republican Party endorsement as a judicial candidate in the 1st Judicial District.

Newman said. “The ruling means that judicial candidates can finally talk about the issues so voters can make informed decisions. Too many times, the judicial section of a ballot is left blank because the voter has no idea who the candidates are or what they stand for.”

In an age where many people say they are fed up with “judicial activism” and politically-charged judicial decisions, this doesn’t necessarily seem like a good thing to me. To me, the legal system is not about political ideology, it is about applying the law to facts. This does not require politics.