Alaska Judicial Council, Larry Cohn, Executive Director of the Alaska Judicial Council, Gail Fenumiai

Summary

The court held that the constitutional challenge to the statute governing the Alaska Judicial Council's judicial-retention recommendations was not moot and that the statute was constitutional. It also held that the statute authorized the Council to advertise and disseminate both existing and newly developed information, including during the 60 days before an election, so the injunction barring dissemination of new information was vacated. The attorney-fee issue was remanded for reconsideration after the partial reversal.