Jackson eyes Supreme seat

Submitted by markjohnson on September 8, 2009 - 11:10am.
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North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge Barbara Jackson said today that she will run for the state Supreme Court seat held by Justice Edward Thomas Brady.

Jackson and Brady are both Republicans. Brady has not yet announced whether he will run for re-election, but Jackson's announcement suggests he won't. It would be highly unusual for a sitting Court of Appeals judge to challenge a justice from her own party.

Court of Appeals Judge Bob Hunter, a Democrat, has said he plans to run for the seat, as well.

Judicial races are technically nonpartisan in North Carolina. The candidate's political party does not appear on the ballot.

Jackson was first elected to the appeals court in 2004. She previously served as general counsel for the Department of Labor and as associate general counsel for former Gov. Jim Martin, a Republican. She also clerked for then-Associate Justice Burley Mitchell, a Democrat, on the N.C. Supreme Court.

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Re: Jackson eyes Supreme seat

Submitted by BitterEXdemocrat on September 9, 2009 - 7:27am.

No Paul, probably not...we have a lame duck kind of AG...frozen in suspense wondering if his bunch will be exposed for complicity in the national spotlight...

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Re: Jackson eyes Supreme seat

Submitted by Judgenot on September 8, 2009 - 5:53pm.

It is not a mere technicality that judges are in nonpartisan elections. Justice is not a function of party affiliation. It is neither Democrat nor Republican. It is not libertarian or any other party. No political party has, or -at any rate- should have, a role in judicial politics.

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Re: Jackson eyes Supreme seat

Submitted by PaulTerrell on September 8, 2009 - 11:36am.

Bob Hunter would be unacceptable on the State Supreme Court. His vote on the State Supreme Court would give the Democrats unstoppable control over this state. Think to yourself why the Feds have had to come in to go after corruption in North Carolina? Is there even one case of our Democratic Attorney general going after his own parties corrutpion in North Carolina? I would like to know why the Attorney General is not investigating Beth Wood and the State Auditor's Office?

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