Partisan judicial elections may be returning to North Carolina. House Bill 8, which passed its second reading with a 64-49 vote, mostly along party lines, would make appellate court elections partisan. Trial court elections would remain non-partisan. The News and Observer has the story here. In other news: Bizarre murder case in Wayne County. A Wayne County man who killed a community college employee this week has been arrested in Florida, has returned to North Carolina and has appeared in court. He has admitted the murder, asserting that he is a neo-Nazi who hates gay people, and stating that he killed the victim because he made advances towards the defendant’s brother. The defendant has also admitted to several other homicides, including some that appear not to have taken place. WRAL’s latest story is here. Free legal research tool. According to this Volokh Conspiracy article, Google has made it easier to search judicial decisions in the Google Scholar database, and has even provided a dedicated browser button for that purpose. I haven’t tried it, but it sounds like it works well, and did I mention? It’s free. Large firm moves new hire salary to $200,000. You wouldn’t need a free research tool, or a free anything else, if you worked at Williams and Connolly in Washington, DC. It has just boosted its base salary to $200,000 for new hires, and of course, more for more senior folks. Ironically, I’m administering new prosecutors’ school this week, talking to lots of new assistant district [...]
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