Lawsuit: Get rid of partisan judicial races in Tippecanoe Co., beyond

Judge considering: Is it right that some Indiana counties have judges run as ‘R’ or ‘D,’ and others don’t? Lafayette lawyer sues, calls situation a threat to independent courts in 'toxic' times

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In this issue

• Lawyer sues state over how judges are elected

• West Lafayette school boards holds off on transgender sports policy

• Judge warns about leaks in Delphi murder case

• Hello, Buzz Iceclear. Lafayette’s snowplows get new names

• Race gets interesting for governor in 2024. What they’re saying about Sen. Mike Braun, Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch

• The ‘other’ John Basham checks in on the ‘Twitter Files’ mix-up

• And your new No. 1 Purdue men’s basketball team

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LAFAYETTE LAWYER SUES STATE OVER JUDICIAL ELECTION LAW, CALLS IT A POTENTIAL ‘GIFT’ TO PROTECT SYSTEM FROM TOXIC TIMES

A Lafayette attorney is suing the state, calling Indiana’s method of electing judges in partisan races in some counties but in nonpartisan elections in others unconstitutional and feeds a potentially toxic view of decisions judges make.

In a case filed in July and argued before a Tippecanoe County judge earlier this month, attorney Tom Herr argued that an Indiana’s judicial election system that had the vast majority of counties select judges who carried party labels had “bad optics, at least.” 

A judge’s decision could come any day.