Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 01:56:12 -0000 From: kbrook@pi.pair.com Subject: [lpaz-discuss] Re: Good news: John Buttrick's appointment To: lpaz-discuss@yahoogroups.com Reply-To: lpaz-discuss@yahoogroups.com
--- In lpaz-discuss@y..., "Kent Van Cleave" <kvc@c...> wrote: > This is wonderful news! Is there a story somewhere online with the
details?Hi Kent, my source is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian_Victory_News/message/29 (Libertarian Victory News! -- May 3rd, 2001), which reds as follows:
Libertarian Appointed to the Arizona Superior Court
The Governor of Arizona, Jane Hull, has appointed John Buttrick to the Arizona Superior Court, Maricopa County. This is believed to be the first time any third party member has ever been appointed to a judgeship in Arizona. It may possibly be the first time a registered Libertarian has been appointed to any judgeship anywhere in the country.
There were forty lawyers who applied for this judgeship. The other thirty-nine were, of course, Republicans and Democrats. Party affiliation was known throughout the entire selection process. It was also known that Buttrick had run for Governor in 1994 and State Representative in 1998 as a partisan Libertarian and had been a member of the Libertarian National Committee (1997-2000) as well as Chair of the Libertarian Party National Platform Committee in 1998 and 2000.
The initial screening of candidates was carried out by a Commission composed of five lawyers and ten lay citizens chaired b an Associate Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court. The members were evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats with no third party representatives. After screening the initial applications, the Commission interviewed fifteen of the candidates and then sent seven names to the Governor, four Democrats, two Republicans and the single Libertarian. After further interviews and background checks, Hull selected Buttrick.
The Arizona Superior Court is the trial court of general jurisdiction for Arizona. It has subject matter jurisdiction over all civil matters where more than $10,000 is in dispute as well as all felony criminal matters up to and including capital offenses.
Buttrick must face the voters in a retention election in November 2004 and every four years thereafter.
Source: Arizona LP Press Release
I do not yet have a secondary confirmation of this report.
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