Robert Rucker
From Ballotpedia
Robert Rucker
Prior offices
Indiana Supreme Court
Education
Robert D. Rucker was a justice on the Indiana Supreme Court. He was the 105th justice appointed to the court. He was appointed by Democratic Governor Frank O'Bannon. He retired on May 12, 2017.[1] Rucker took the bench on November 19, 1999, and his final term was set to expire in 2022.[2]
Education
Rucker received his B.A. from Indiana University in 1974 and his J.D. from Valparaiso University School of Law in 1976. In 1998, he earned his LL.M. in the judicial process from the University of Virginia School of Law.[2]
Career
- 1999-2017: Justice, Indiana Supreme Court
- 1991-1999: Judge, Indiana Court of Appeals
- Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Lake County[2]
- Attorney for city of Gary, Indiana
- Attorney in private practice, East Chicago, Indiana
Awards and associations
Associations
- Member, Indiana Judges Association
- Fellow, Indianapolis Bar Foundation
- Judicial Council Executive Committee, National Bar Association[2]
Elections
2012
Justice Rucker was retained for a full ten-year term in the general election on November 6, winning 71.4% of the vote.[3]
- See also: Indiana judicial elections, 2012
Political outlook
In October 2012, political science professors Adam Bonica and Michael Woodruff of Stanford University attempted to determine the partisan ideology of state supreme court justices. They created a scoring system in which a score above 0 indicated a more conservative-leaning ideology, while scores below 0 were more liberal.
Rucker received a campaign finance score of -1.52, indicating a liberal ideological leaning. This was more liberal than the average score of 0.01 that justices received in Indiana.
The study was based on data from campaign contributions by the judges themselves, the partisan leaning of those who contributed to the judges' campaigns, or, in the absence of elections, the ideology of the appointing body (governor or legislature). This study was not a definitive label of a justice, but an academic summary of various relevant factors.[4]
Recent news
The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms Indiana Justice Robert Rucker. These results are automatically generated from Google. Ballotpedia does not curate or endorse these articles.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Chicago Tribune, "Career adjourned: Justice visits alma mater as career winds down," March 9, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Indiana Judicial Branch, "Justice Robert D. Rucker," accessed January 18, 2017
- ↑ Indiana Secretary of State, Unofficial Election Results: Indiana Supreme Court
- ↑ Stanford University, "State Supreme Court Ideology and 'New Style' Judicial Campaigns," October 31, 2012
