Gavel Grab published from 2009 to 2017 as a project of Justice at Stake, covering judicial elections and the state court funding crisis. Links from that era, including reports cited in litigation and academic work, point to pages from that site.
The original site’s pages and reports are preserved in the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine at https://web.archive.org/web/2017/https://gavelgrab.org/ and in the Library of Congress web archives.
The reports and public opinion research from that era, cited in litigation and scholarship, are preserved here:
- The New Politics of Judicial Elections 2002
- The New Politics of Judicial Elections 2004
- The New Politics of Judicial Elections 2006
- The New Politics of Judicial Elections in the Great Lakes States, 2000-2008
- Justice at Stake National Public Opinion Survey
- Zogby Poll: Americans Speak Out on Judicial Elections
News coverage from that era, cited in law journals, American Constitution Society reports, a Brennan Center brief and the Marquette Law School faculty blog, is preserved here:
- Ohio Right-to-Life Group Opposes Appointive Plan (2009)
- VA Belt-Tightening to Create Judge Shortage? (2010)
- Lawsuit Filed over NH Budget Cuts (2010)
- Election 2010: Ugly Attack Ads at Finish Lines (2010)
- State Court Funding ‘Crisis’ a Focus for ABA (2011)
- AL Chief Justice: ‘There Is Nothing Else to Cut’ (2011)
- MO Chief Justice Warns of Strains on Courts (2011)
- Loan Provides FL Court Reprieve (2011)
- Bachmann Rips Judges in Iowa, Again (2011)
- Report: $5.4 Million Spent in WI Race (2011)
- More Budget-Strapped Courts Face Delays (2011)
- Judges to ABA Task Force: More Resources Needed (2011)
- Supreme Court Strikes Down Arizona Matching Funds Law (2011)
- Passing the Hat to Help Jurors? (2011)
- Wisconsin Supreme Court Declines to Reappoint Judicial Commission Chair (2012)
- Future for Tennessee Judicial Selection in Limbo (2012)
- Special Interests Accused of Thwarting PA Judicial Selection Reform (2012)
- Florida Retention: Targeted Justices Are No ‘Sitting Ducks’ (2012)
- Voters Get Helpful Tool in Judicial Races (2012)
- Group Urges End to Kansas High Court Merit Selection (2014)
- Roy Schotland, Judicial Election Law Scholar, Dies at 80 (2014)
This publication revived the masthead in 2026 under new and independent ownership. The current archive, running from 2025 forward, is searchable from any page of this site.