The Washington Supreme Court will consider new petitions for review on Tuesday, and may issue opinions on Thursday. No arguments are scheduled this week.
In other news, Supreme Court hopeful Charlie Wiggins in now on Twitter.
Steve Miletich of the Seattle Times has an article about the campaign between Justice Richard Sanders and attorney Charlie Wiggins.
As we reported last week, attorney Charlie Wiggins announced his candidacy for Position 6 of the Washington Supreme Court, currently held by Justice Richard Sanders.
Justice Sanders was expected to run for another term on the court, and he recently filed the necessary candidate registration form with the Public Disclosure Commission. Justice Sanders won a special election in 1995 and was re-elected for two six-year terms in 1998 and 2004. He describes his understanding of the job on his campaign website:
These have been good years on the court. It is a great privilege and joy to attempt to protect and maintain the individual legal rights of every single individual who comes to court. That, in my opinion, is the job description of a judge, and, as it says in Article 1, Section 1 of our state constitution, the purpose of state government as well.
Stay tuned. We'll continue to bring news and information about the various candidates for the Supreme Court.
We have our first challenger in a state Supreme Court race.
Bainbridge Island attorney Charlie Wiggins has officially thrown his hat into the ring, filing a candidate registration form with the Public Disclosure Commission. He is running against Justice Richard Sanders.
Wiggins’ campaign website can be found here, where Wiggins states he is running against Sanders because of violations of the Code of Judicial Conduct and because "his decisions are not fair and impartial, and he opposes positive reforms to improve the process of electing judges." Should be a colorful campaign.
Chief Justice Barbara Madsen and Justice James Johnson are also up for re-election this year.
As election season approaches, this blog will provide information about candidates for the Supreme Court, including links to the evaluations and endorsements of other organizations.
UPDATE: The race is covered by the Olympian, Seattlepi.com, and the Kitsap Sun.
Note: The Supreme Court of Washington Blog neither endorses nor supports any candidate for judicial office.
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