Expensive robes.

  • Expensive robes.

The state of Ohio, already celebrating its Lifetime Achievement Award for corruption, has garnered another prestigious accolade: We’re in the high-rent district when it comes to purchasing judges.

A new report from New York University Law School, titled “The New Politics of Judicial Elections, 2000-2009: Decade of Change,” comes to the depressing conclusion that elected state Supreme Court seats across the country are essentially for sale. So-called “super spender” organizations sink enormous sums of money — with the identities of the donors hidden for your convenience — into attack campaigns intended to elect judges who will give them favorable decisions.

This article appears in Aug 18-24, 2010.

Vince Grzegorek has been with Scene since 2007 and editor-in-chief since 2012. He previously worked at Discount Drug Mart and Texas Roadhouse.

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