Rep. Joe Mullery doesn’t want to talk about judicial elections. That’s abundantly obvious. And the House Civil Justice Committee chair's lack of enthusiasm for engaging the issue has left in limbo the fate of a proposal to significantly overhaul Minnesota’s judicial-election system. The bill currently pending before Mullery's committee would require voters to decide in November whether they want to amend the state Constitution to adopt a retention-election system for judicial contests.

Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Eric Magnuson plans to step down from his post effective June 30, he announced this afternoon.

More than half of the Minnesota Supreme Court justices slated to hear a court case challenging Tim Pawlenty's authority to unilaterally impose budget cuts were appointed by the Republican governor.

The Minnesota Supreme Court will hear oral arguments March 15 in a case challenging Gov. Tim Pawlenty's authority to unilaterally make cuts to the state budget.

Supreme Court Chief Justice Eric Magnuson is working the rooms across the state to garner support for an additional $54 million for the justice system ...

Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Eric Magnuson came out today in support of the Quie Commission’s recommendation that Minnesota switch to a retention system for ...

State of the Judiciary addresses delivered by chief justices at the Minnesota State Bar Association’s annual meeting are typically fairly vanilla affairs. The formula usually ...

Our readers in the 9th Judicial District no doubt recall Judge Terrence Holter, one of handful of local judges who have actually managed to lose ...

Incoming Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Eric Magnuson made some insightful remarks at yesterday’s 89th annual Hennepin County Bar Association meeting. (Magnuson will assume the ...

It’s ironic that Minnesota’s outgoing Supreme Court justice, Russell Anderson, has been so outspoken about his fears that an open election process would politicize the ...