Judgepedia:What people are saying

What people are saying about Judgepedia

Newspapers/journals

• The New Port Richey Patch Newsletter in Florida says, "I found the following link helpful to identify the candidates for circuit court judge." and "The candidates for county court judge can be found here."

• The American Press Institute includes Judgepedia in it's list of State/Local Government resources, and call it "A great election resource that tracks state supreme courts, their elections and news on judges."

• The Wisconsin Law Journal has written about Judgepedia, noting among many well-developed articles our page on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

• The Kingsport Times News cites Judgepedia's information about partisan election of judges.

• The American Press Institute says that "Judgepedia is a great election resource that tracks state supreme courts, their elections and news on judges."

• The Flathead Beacon in Montana says, "Check out Judgepedia".

Blogs

• Pat Boone at World Net Daily calls Judgepedia "a growing library of specific information on judges and courts at all levels, from state to federal. Want to know the judicial philosophy, endorsements, campaign contributions and educational background of judges who may be legislating from the bench and unconstitutionally affecting your life? This is your source."

• The Volokh Conspiracy says, "Well, one can certainly speculate...or one can look things up, for instance in Judgepedia (you'd find it quickly)."

• Michael Lowe at Dallas Justice.com sources Judgepedia in a post about judge Sharon Keller.

• Harmful Error, the blog about everything related to the Nevada judiciary cites Judgepedia's articles about the Nevada Supreme Court candidates.

• The Moritz Legal Information Blog says, "Judgepedia is a public-access wiki, like Wikipedia, so it can be freely edited. Use with caution. That being said, it contains a lot of helpful information, including links to other sources."

• The Caucus, the political blog of the New York Times, profiled Judgepedia's sponsor, the Sam Adams Alliance, saying, "Those brush fires also translate into a host of new Web sites and tools that the alliance hopes will gain hold. It now boasts three 'pedias: Judgepedia for vetting judges at the state level; Ballotpedia for initiatives and elections; and Sunshine Review for transparency in government."

• Jenn Sierra of Ft. Hard Knox writes: "Judgepedia provides a brief bio, information about his early career, awards, memberships, and civics acivities, campaign, news, issues, and endorsements... There is also information about the history of the court, the current justices, and how they can be removed. Good info. Check it out."

• Maggie Thurber of Thurber's Thoughts writes: "If you've ever wanted a one-stop location for learning about judges and the judicial campaigns, there's a new website you can use. Judgepedia... is a site that aims to bring sunshine to court rulings and the judges who make them."

• The D & O Diary links to the Judgepedia profile on Ronald Guzman.

• A diarist at DailyKos cites Judgepedia's information about the Alaska Supreme Court. So does Mudflats.,

• The Hermenautic Circle Blog cites the "Detailed information on the various 'pediae out there: Ohio Supreme Court elections detailed on Judgepedia, ballot measures explained on Ballotpedia."

• The Kansas Meadowlark writes: "The Sam Adams Alliance in Chicago recently unveiled a new online resource about the judicial system in the United States and called this a "Judgepedia" -- a Wikipedia of judicial information."

• The English forum of the Pravda message board cites Judgepedia, confuses it with Wikipedia, and says, "Neocon Wikipedia would have you believe there are no judges up for re-election this year", further commenting, "God put all the national Supreme Court judges up for election..." and additionally saying, "Republicans have a 7 to 0 majority on the Ohio Supreme Court because many Ohioans are ignorant of the party affiliation of judges. The Republican Party has pushed through legislation preventing Democratic judges from advertising their affiliation.

• The Stix Blog writes: "It is very intersting and you can actually see what laws they are citing in thier decisions and how they match up to the Constitution..."

• The blog, "Nye - Gateway to Nevada's Rurals" cites Judgepedia in its coverage of the Nevada Supreme Court elections.

• Netsquared mentions Judgepedia in its interview on No taxation without information.

• The Widgerson Library and Pub commends Judgepedia for "trying to make sense of the race by focusing on the record".

• The Denver Metro YR Blog writes: "Regrettably, despite the good work of Judgepedia.org, there is very little information readily available on most of the judicial retentions on the current ballot."

Judgepedia as a resource

• Hawaii Votes, a project of the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii links to Judgepedia as a resource.

• The Cleveland Law Library Association links to Judgepedia.

• The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign links to Judgepedia's profiles of Shirley Abrahamson and Randy Koschnick.

• The Kansas Meadowlark blog links to the Judgepedia article on the Kansas Supreme Court Nominating Commission and our portal for Kansas.

• The Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel links to Judgepedia's profile of Charles N. Clevert.

• The Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel has cited Judgepedia profiles of judges in Wisconsin.

• Court research firm JB Marketing Systems utilizes Judgepedia to facilitate the work of their employees.

• The website "Houston Opinions" has linked to Judgepedia profiles of local judges.

• The State Sunshine and Open Records blog links to Judgepedia's pages on the Washington Supreme Court and the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals