State of Tennessee

Lawyers Overwhelmingly Support Tennessee Plan

NASHVILLE, March 26, 2013 Eighty-three percent of Tennessee Bar Association (TBA) members support maintaining the present plan for merit selection, performance evaluation and retention election of appellate judges, known as The Tennessee Plan, according to the TBA 2013 Member Survey. Non-member lawyers also surveyed by the group favor the present...

Tennessee House Passes Judicial-Selection Measure

Earlier this week, by a vote of 78 14, the Tennessee house of representatives approved a constitutional amendment adopting a modified version of the federal method for selecting appellate judges. The amendment must now be approved by Tennessee voters on the November 2014 ballot. We are grateful to Governor Bill...

Tennessee Senate approves judicial selection amendment

NASHVILLE, Tenn. The Senate has approved a proposed constitutional amendment to give lawmakers the power to refuse the governor s appointments to appeals courts in Tennessee. The chamber voted 29-2 today in favor of the measure sponsored by Republican Sen. Brian Kelsey of Germantown. If the resolution passes the House...

Keep judge selection apolitical, save jobs

Tennessee Senate Votes on Judicial-Selection Amendment Next Week

The Tennessee senate delayed a vote for one week early today on a constitutional amendment (SJR 2, nicknamed the Founders Plan ) which would abolish Tennessee s current method of judicial selection, the Missouri Plan. Instead, the state constitution would call for appointments by the governor with confirmation by the...