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Attributions
It's been said. . . “Get the insurance. It's cheaper than the medication for increased blood pressure, stress, anxiety, anti-depressants, acid reflux, and other stress related illnesses that you will have to take if you don't have the insurance.” Melissa Maye, on ISBA's on-line discussion group, responding to an inquiry from a new lawyer asking whether liability insurance is mandatory in Illinois (it isn't) • • •“(I)f the public does not believe that elected judges favor their contributors, then the committee serves no purpose in preserving that appearance of impartiality. If, on the other hand, the public believes that elected judges favor their contributors, then the fact that contributors are solicited by a committee instead of the judge himself does nothing to dispel that perception.” Federal Judge Karen Caldwell, in ruling that Kentucky rules (similar to Illinois rules) that judges cannot personally solicit campaign contributions violate judges' first amendment rights • • •"I just feel that we shouldn't be able to sue them. I mean, we elected them to make that decision." Andrea Lemon, 42, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, after voting “No” on the Judicial Accountability Initiative Law (J.A.I.L) designed to punish judges for unpopular decisions; the amendment failed Nov. 7 |