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Justice Sanders responds to challenger's criticisms
Yakima Herald-Republic - Chris Bristol - June 4
Justice Richard B. Sanders is not the kind to turn the other cheek. As the Washington State Supreme Court's resident maverick since 1995, Sanders is facing ...
Yakima murder conviction overturned by state Supreme Court
Yakima Herald-Republic - Chris Bristol - May 27, 2010
Joining Stephens in the majority were Justices Susan Owens, Tom Chambers, Charles Johnson, Richard Sanders and Chief Justice Gerry Alexander. ...
High court: Inmate entitled to argue for release of guards ...
Seattle Times - Mike Carter - May 13, 2010
The tie was broken by Justice Richard Sanders, who in a concurring opinion took to task the Department of Corrections for not honoring Parmelee's ...
Justice Sanders will seek fourth term ...
Politcal Buzz: News Tribune - Peter Callaghan - Mar 1, 2010
State Supreme Court Justice Richard Sanders will seek another term on the state's top court. ... Sanders also has been endorsed by former Supreme Court Justice ...
Police can force blood tests on suspected drunken drivers, high ...
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Levi Pulkkinen - Sep 10, 2009
Writing in dissent, Justice Richard Sanders argued that the majority had misinterpreted a 2004 addition to the implied consent law, which notes that the law ...
Supreme Court rules police can force blood-alcohol ...
Seattle Times - Steve Miletich - Sep 10, 2009
Supreme Court rules police can force blood-alcohol tests ... for a blood test even if the driver has refused to take a voluntary breath test. ... St. John refused a breath test, prompting a Seattle police officer to obtain a warrant for a blood test...
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In-Depth on Justice Sanders
In 2008, U.W. Law Professor Hugh Spitzer took a close look at Justice Sanders' judicial philosophy in the online news magazine Crosscut. He begins:
Washington Supreme Court Justice Richard Sanders is perhaps the deepest thinker on his court. He dives to the bottom of constitutional issues, asking: Where do the basic concepts come from? What's the underlying political and legal theory? What did the Nation's founders think about this topic in 1789? What did Washington's founders have in mind in 1889?
From here, Spitzer examines Justice Sanders concurrence in Farm Bureau Federation v. State of Washington and the Legislature's repeal of Initiative 601.
