MN SUPREME COURT JUDGE ON BRAINERD PANEL

The Brainerd Lakes Area League of Women Voters will co-host a panel discussion titled "The Importance of an Independent Judiciary" Wednesday night, January 23rd. Panelists will include Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Russell Anderson, Supreme Court Justice Lorie Gildea and District Court Judge John Leitner. League spokeswoman Patty Aanes said the panel will talk about the the role of judges and is it important how judges are selected and kept. A Minnesota election law banning judges from campaigning was recently overturned and that has changed the judicial election landscape. Aanes said the next question is should the landscape be changed anymore. The program begins at 6pm in the Brainerd High School Little Theater.