Legislative Black Caucus Wants More Black Judges Tuesday February 17, 2004 7:24am Should there be a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriages?  Yes  No  Undecided ___  ABC News 4 Interact  ___    • Signup for eNews Alerts    • ABC News 4 Pulse Poll    • Whats Your Opinion?    • Printable Version    • E-Mail This Story Columbia (AP) - The Legislative Black Caucus wants to change the way judges are elected. The group is expected to introduce a bill Tuesday to revamp the Judicial Merit Selection Commission. The lawmakers say the change will help to get more black judges on the bench. About six percent of judges elected by the General Assembly are black. Yet blacks make up about 30 percent of the state's population. Currently, the ten-member commission considers candidates' qualifications and submits up to three nominations to the General Assembly for election. The black caucus wants to eliminate the three-person cap for nominees. » Find More Articles Related To This One Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

HAVE AN OPINION ON THIS STORY? TELL US ABOUT IT BELOW!  Viewer Comments on Legislative Black Caucus Wants More Black Judges wolf IP: Logged Posted: 02/17 6:33p puttting more black judges on the bench will be trouble. they will let blacks go that do crimes. but when a white comes before them they will throw the book at him. that is what putting more blacks on the bench will do. keep it to a limit. Opinions and Feedback You need to be a registered member of ABC News 4 to leave comments on news stories. Not A Member Yet? Click Here To Signup...Takes Just Two Minutes Lost Your Password? Click Here ABC News 4 Member Name or Email:   Password:    Your Feedback/Opinion: Messages that harass, abuse or threaten other members; have obscene or otherwise objectionable content; have spam, commercial or advertising content or inappropriate links may be removed and may result in the loss of your posting privledges. Please do not post any private information unless you want it to be available publicly. Never assume that you are completely anonymous and cannot be identified by your posts.