Profile
In the past two years, I have been writing in two areas: (1) The election of state court judges; and, (2) a history of the Speakership of the U.S. House of Representatives.
The work on the election of judges began in the mid-1980s with a grant from the Texas Bar Foundation to study the new competition in judicial elections in Texas.
That research was published in SMU’s law review and received widespread attention since it was the first study of highly competitive judicial elections.
That research was followed by numerous articles and by a book (published in 2005) with Kyle Cheek on judicial elections.
The research has also led to me being asked to testify before legislative committees, testify in a court case, and present papers at law schools, the American Judicature Society meetings and American Bar Association meetings.
I have also served as a consultant with the National Center for State Courts.
Earlier research that led to publication of two books on Sam Rayburn has led to a research project with three other professors which is a history of the Speakership of the House of Representatives.
This manuscript is nearly complete and will soon be submitted for possible publication to a university press.
Past Work Experiences
Rutgers University 1973-79
Awards
Three University wide teaching awards
Professional Organizations
- American Political Science Association
- Southwestern Social Science Association; American Judicature Society
Courses
- Constitutional Law
- Civil Liberties
- Moot Court
- Judicial Process
- Law and Medicine
- Law and the Policy Process
Media Expertise
Appeared in a Frontline television episode on judicial elections; appeared in an educational film for AP teachers on the political science discipline; recently interviewed for a documentary on Sam Rayburn; numerous interviews in the press on judicial selection.
Publications
Kyle Cheek and Anthony Champagne, “Judicial Politics in Texas: Partisanship, Money and Politics in State Courts” (Peter Lang Publishers, 2005).
Presentation on “Tort Reform and Judicial Selection,” Loyola of Los Angeles Law School, 2004. This paper was part of Loyola’s Civil Justice Symposium. The paper was published in Loyola’s law review in 2005.
- Updated: July 26, 2006
