[MNJohnnie]

GO South Dakota!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Item of interest....maybe we need an item like this on the California ballot.

[gotribe]

I hope the US Supreme Court justices face the same legislation one day.

[Borges]

Bad idea. What if you sue a judge and lose can you then sue the judge in that trial? If you think the courts are crowded now..

[grjr21]

say on their campaign Web site that their adversaries "have a paranoid vendetta against our courts."



It's not paranoia if they are out to get you

[philled]

Sorry, nice idea but the way this one is written is simply dreadful. SD is a small state and one that is relatively easy to get things on the ballot. Just one of the things I'm casting a NO vote on in two weeks..

[catholicfreeper]

Sounds like a bad idea to me. Judges if they violate their duties can be remove by the Supreme Court. I don't need to worry aboot going against someone that can sue me and the judge

[2harddrive]

The Judges have long relished their Immunity with Impunity!

[Dog Gone]

Nobody will want to be a judge if they can be personally sued by anyone who thinks they made the wrong decision.

Would you take that job?

Very bad idea.

Getting rid of bad judges is a good idea. Exposing them to lawsuits for anything they rule on is not.

[Map Kernow]

If it passes, some state or Federal judge will immediately strike it down on some ground or other. Officials at all levels and in all branches of government here in the US of A want to be less accountable to the sovereign people, not more, and they'll resist to the bitter end any effort to make them more accountable---popular opinion and ballot initiatives be damned. So...don't get your hopes up...