Richard B. Sanders
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Richard B. Sanders is a former member of the Washington Supreme Court. He is a land use
attorney and an advocate of property rights. He was elected in 1995 to a partial term to fill a vacancy on the court, defeating Rosselle Pekelis
. He was re-elected to three full six-year terms in 1998 and 2004. His judicial philosophy is strongly libertarian
and pro-life.
Sanders ran for reelection in 2010 and lost to Charlie Wiggins in one of the closer elections in Washington State.
Land use
Land use is the human use of land. Land use involves the management and modification of natural environment or wilderness into built environment such as fields, pastures, and settlements. It has also been defined as "the arrangements, activities and inputs people undertake in a certain land cover...
attorney and an advocate of property rights. He was elected in 1995 to a partial term to fill a vacancy on the court, defeating Rosselle Pekelis
Rosselle Pekelis
-Background and personal life:Pekelis was the daughter of Russian immigrants. She graduated from Stephens College and then the University of Michigan. She married twice; both her husband and ex-husband practiced law in the Seattle area. She has four children....
. He was re-elected to three full six-year terms in 1998 and 2004. His judicial philosophy is strongly libertarian
Libertarianism
Libertarianism, in the strictest sense, is the political philosophy that holds individual liberty as the basic moral principle of society. In the broadest sense, it is any political philosophy which approximates this view...
and pro-life.
Sanders ran for reelection in 2010 and lost to Charlie Wiggins in one of the closer elections in Washington State.