700: 'I don't bring my politics to work and I would not bring them to the Supreme Court' (Video)
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Ariston Johnson discusses his challenge against incumbent Supreme Court Justice Jerod Tufte and the implications of politicization in the judiciary.
Ariston Johnson is Watford City-based attorney who is challenging incumbent Supreme Court Justice Jerod Tufte, who is in the process of wrapping up his first 10-year term on the court. There are actually two Supreme Court races on the ballot this cycle. Justice Douglas Bahr is running to have his appointment by Gov. Doug Burgum to finish former Justice Gerald VandeWalle's term confirmed by voters. Why is Johnson challenging Tufte and not Bahr? He said it's because defeating Tufte would mean a full term on the court. Also, Bahr, a former government attorney, has more of the experience Johnson believes the state's top court needs. "Frankly, if the election ballot offered Ari Johnson or Douglas Bar, I would vote for Douglas Bar because the court needs that. perspective," Johnson said on this episode of Plain Talk. He also addressed the increased politicization of the judiciary. At the national level, U.S. Supreme Court justices are now routinely referred to by their ideologies. In other states, like Wisconsin, judicial elections have become hyper-partisan affairs. So far, that hasn't happened in North Dakota, and Johnson says he doesn't want it to. "I am myself generally apolitical…
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