RI judicial selection panel to weigh campaign contribution disclosures to applicants

By: Christopher Shea

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: September 21, 2026

Words: 654

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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The panel tasked with selecting Rhode Island’s judges on Tuesday will consider whether its members must disclose campaign contributions to judicial applicants and recuse themselves from considering those candidates.

That question before the Judicial Nominating Commission comes from a petition filed Aug. 21 by H. Philip West Jr., the former executive director of Common Cause Rhode Island, after revelations that four commissioners had donated to former House Speaker K. Joseph …

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