Committee first approved gay judicial candidate, some later flipped
Committee members who first approved gay judicial candidate later flipped. In fact, the chair of the initial committee said he called a conservative group.
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Tag Archives: Tracy Thorne-Begland
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The politics of picking judges
Dr. Bob Holsworth breaks down Virginia’s system of appointing judges, and the politics involved
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Probing the backgrounds of judge nominees for ‘activism’
We wanted to know- do any of the nominees who were confirmed to the bench have any ‘activism,’ in their backgrounds?
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HOLMBERG: Activists–gay or otherwise–don’t become judges.
Commentary: Mark Holmberg considers the recent judge nominee rejected by lawmakers to be a gay activist–and he says activists historically don’t become judges.
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How lawmakers voted in judicial election of Thorne-Begland
There were 40 judicial appointments up for vote, and all but four passed almost unanimously, with the exception of Tracy Thorne-Begland.
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Commonwealth’s Attorney calls state judicial vote ‘bigotry’
“Anytime my elected officials exercise in behavior that is bigoted, it embarrasses me,” said Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney Michael Herring
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Lawmakers block gay advocate from Va. judge seat
The vote over Tracy Thorne-Begland’s nomination as judge to the General District Courts ran late into the night and his nomination was voted down.
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State lawmaker challenges gay judge nominee
Delegate Bob Marshall said that a Richmond prosecutor should not be considered as a judicial nominee, because of his sexual orientation.
