May 1 is Law Day and its near coincidence with Alaska Constitution Day (April 24), is worth noting. Alaska has been spared the partisan wars of federal judicial appointments because ...

Alaska has been spared the partisan wars of federal judicial appointments because our constitutional founders had the vision to adopt our merit election system.

As an attorney who regularly appears in court, I am proud of Alaska’s judicial selection process and have complete faith in the judges who are currently serving our collective public good.

She served for six years on the Judicial Council as an attorney member, ending her service in 2018. She was nominated by the council in 2022 for a prior opening on the Alaska Supreme Court, but ...