[EVENT] How do judges decide controversial issues?
WSBA's Public Information and Media Relations Committee is hosting a free public forum: "What Was the Judge Thinking? The Duty to Decide."
Panel on gay marriage:
- King County Superior Court Judge William Downing, who decided Andersen v. King County, one of the marriage equity cases currently before the Supreme Court. (See the oral argument from March 8.)
- Prof. Julie Shapiro, from Seattle University.
Panel on judicial review of citizen initiatives:
- Justice Barbara Madsen, Washington Supreme Court
- former King County Superior Court Judge Robert Alsdorf.
Wed., May 4, 6:30-8:30 pm
Seattle Public Library
1000 Fourth Avenue
(have you seen the new building yet?)
Categories: judges, event, WSBA, Downing, Shapiro, Madsen, Alsdorf, initiatives, marriage-equality
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